The Intel 4004 was among the first microprocessors and one of the first to use the MOS silicon-gate technology. In the decades long race to build bigger CPUs ... in two with modern tools.

the Intel 4004 (c.1971), predates the first release of Linux by a fulsome 20 years. This yawning chasm in time, plus the chip’s slowness and lack of modern features, means that Linux never ...

The daddy of them all, 1972’s Intel ... CPUs, it’s those available from regular production that we’re talking about, not old stock, not special manufacture, and not a core included in a ...

The first microprocessor. Designed by Marcian E. "Ted" Hoff at Intel in 1971, the 4004 was a 4-bit, general-purpose CPU initially developed for the Japanese Busicom calculator. Running at a clock ...