feb 10, 1971 - Intel introduces Intel 4004, the first microprocessor
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The first advertisement for a microprocessor, the Intel 4004, appears in Electronic News. Developed for Busicom, a Japanese calculator maker, the 4004 had 2250 transistors and could perform up to 90,000 operations per second in four-bit chunks.
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History of Computer Hardware
Curated by Oscar Sixtos
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