The 4004 microprocessor. [Photo: Intel] On Tuesday November 15, Intel held an event in San Francisco to celebrate the fortieth birthday of its 4004 microprocessor–the first complete single-chip ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Can you believe it has been 50 years since Intel released the Intel 4004 processor, the world's first commercially available microprocessor. 50 years from ...

If you can remember when the Intel 4004 debuted, don't forget to take Ibuprofen for your backache. Recognized as the world' first commercially available processor, the Intel 4004 is now 50 years old ...

The world's first microprocessor – the Intel 4004 – first leapt onto the stage in 1971, which is 37 years ago as I pen these words. (Before you start emailing me saying “Ha, the 4004 wasn't the first ...

Four decades ago today -- November 15, 1971 -- Intel placed an advertisement for the first single-chip CPU, the Intel 4004, in Electronic News. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

This month marks the 50th anniversary of Intel's 4004 processor, the first commercially available microprocessor built on a single chip. Originally designed for a Japanese desk calculator, it helped ...

The Intel 4004 was "the first commercially available microprocessor," and while it is extremely primitive by today's standards, it "paved the way" for the modern microprocessor computing revolution ...

These days we are blessed with multicore 64-bit monster CPUs that can calculate an entire moon mission’s worth of instructions in the blink of an eye. Once upon a time, though, the state of the art ...

Intel announced its 4004 processor and its chipset through an ad in Electronic News on November 15, 1971, making them the first complete CPU on one chip and the first commercially available ...

Linux is a modern operating system that supports all of the latest technologies, but it's also a legacy-friendly system that dates back to 1991. If it's a computer, you can probably run Linux on it, ...

Long before we dissected new Apple MacBooks or worried about whether or not a PC had that “Intel Inside” sticker on the case, there was this little ditty called the Busicom 141-PF printing calculator.