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intel 4004
This is quite a bit bigger than the original 12mm² die. 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 ...
Someone built a system with Intel’s first CPU that’s half a century old, and it can boot Linux – if you have a spare week to wait
Wish your PC booted up faster? Well, if you think your computer has a sluggish startup time, how about waiting the best part ...
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Linux takes 4.76 days to boot on an ancient Intel 4004 CPU — CPU precedes the OS by 20 years
The video begins by pointing out that the world’s first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004 (c.1971), predates the first release of Linux by a fulsome 20 years. This yawning chasm in time ...
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Intel 4004 Internals
The Intel 4004 was the first widely used microprocessor. The logic gates are much larger than you’d find in modern chips. The unique feature is that each gate is designed to make the most ...
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Intel 4004
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 ...