5 decades ago, Intel unveiled the first commercially available microprocessor
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5 decades ago, Intel unveiled the first commercially available microprocessor

NPR  

5 decades ago, Intel unveiled the first commercially available microprocessor As NPR marks its 50th anniversary, we look back at an innovation that also changed the world in 1971: the unveiling of the first commercially produced microprocessor. If you're listening to this on a smartphone or on the internet or in a car full of computer chips, that is only possible because of something that happened this week 50 years ago - Intel unveiled the first commercially available microprocessor, the 4004. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: That's David C. Brock of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. A microprocessor is the brains of a computer, and they're in everything these days. FEDERICO FAGGIN: The idea that you could put an entire computer on a chip - you know, it was still a pipe dream.

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