{"id":366023,"date":"2021-11-12T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-microprocessor-is-50-celebrating-the-intel-4004\/"},"modified":"2021-11-12T15:00:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T12:00:21","slug":"the-microprocessor-is-50-celebrating-the-intel-4004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-microprocessor-is-50-celebrating-the-intel-4004\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Microprocessor Is 50: Celebrating the Intel 4004"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d50998e4a5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d50998e4a5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-microprocessor-is-50-celebrating-the-intel-4004\/#The_First_Commercial_Single-Chip_Microprocessor\" >The First Commercial Single-Chip Microprocessor<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-microprocessor-is-50-celebrating-the-intel-4004\/#Was_It_Really_the_First_Microprocessor\" >Was It Really the First Microprocessor?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-microprocessor-is-50-celebrating-the-intel-4004\/#Then_and_Now_The_Intel_4004_vs_an_Intel_Core_i9-12900K\" >Then and Now: The Intel 4004 vs an Intel Core i9-12900K<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-microprocessor-is-50-celebrating-the-intel-4004\/#Applications_of_the_Intel_4004\" >Applications of the Intel 4004<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-microprocessor-is-50-celebrating-the-intel-4004\/#The_Legacy_of_the_Intel_4004\" >The Legacy of the Intel 4004<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#The Microprocessor Is 50: Celebrating the Intel 4004&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-766898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/intel_4004_hero_2.jpg?width=398&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 400w, https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/intel_4004_hero_2.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/intel_4004_hero_2.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"The Intel 4004 CPU chip in a ceramic and gold IC package\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">Intel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.computerhistory.org\/tdih\/November\/15\/\">November 15, 1971<\/a>, Intel publicly debuted the first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the Intel 4004, with an advertisement in <em>Electronic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a><\/em>. Fifty years later, here\u2019s a look at its legacy\u2014and how the 4004 stacks up against a modern Intel powerhouse.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_First_Commercial_Single-Chip_Microprocessor\"><\/span>The First Commercial Single-Chip Microprocessor<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In 1969, a Japanese calculator manufacturer called <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Busicom\">Busicom<\/a> hired Intel to create chips for a calculator that Busicom designed. Intel devised a chipset (called the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=204a528a336ede4177fff0d84a044482&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intel.com%2Fcontent%2Fwww%2Fus%2Fen%2Fhistory%2Fmuseum-story-of-intel-4004.html\">MCS-4<\/a>\u2014short for \u201cMicro Computer System\u201d) composed of four integrated circuits (ICs) that dramatically simplified the calculator\u2019s internal design. In delivering its solution, Intel developed and commercialized the world\u2019s first single-chip microprocessor, the Intel 4004. It also designed three supporting chips: the 4001, 4002, and 4003. Of these, the 4002 was a RAM chip with a mere 40 bytes of memory.<\/p>\n<p>The Intel 4004 first launched as part of the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vintagecalculators.com\/html\/busicom_141-pf.html\">Busicom 141-PF<\/a> calculator in mid-1971 (which you can <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dutchen18.gitlab.io\/emu-rs\/\">simulate online<\/a> in your browser). After a contract renegotiation with Busicom, Intel became free to sell the MCS-4 chipset to others. Intel introduced the Intel 4004 to the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> market by placing an ad in the November 15, 1971 issue of Electronic News, which was a prominent industry magazine at the time.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-766900 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/intel_4004_ad.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"The original Intel 4004 advertisement from 1971\" width=\"650\" height=\"421\" data-credittext=\"Intel\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The original November 15, 1971 ad for the Intel 4004. <span class=\"imagecredit\">Intel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The original 4004 advertisement announces \u201ca new era of integrated electronics\u201d\u2014one of the rare times advertising copy wasn\u2019t exaggerating. The ad\u2019s illustration shows the four MCS-4 chips looming large over a pair of people at a computer, and the text boldy proclaims, \u201ca micro-programmable computer on a chip!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the Intel 4004, computer central processing units (\u201cCPUs\u201d) were usually one or several circuit boards packed with ICs and discrete electronic components. Thanks to innovations at Intel, all of that circuitry could be compressed down into a single piece of silicon smaller than a fingernail. The radical miniaturization represented by the 4004 made small computers possible and home computers practical over the coming decade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>What Is a CPU, and What Does It Do?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Was_It_Really_the_First_Microprocessor\"><\/span>Was It Really the First Microprocessor?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Some <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microprocessor#First_projects\">controversy exists<\/a> over which chip was actually the first microprocessor, so historians generally add qualifying statements such as \u201csingle chip\u201d and \u201ccommercial\u201d to place a narrow focus on each company\u2019s achievement.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the Intel 4004\u2019s commercial debut in mid-1971, a multi-chip microprocessor was already <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Air_Data_Computer\">flying in the US Navy\u2019s F-14 Tomcat fighter plane<\/a>, and competitors such as Texas-Instruments were <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/the-surprising-story-of-the-first-microprocessors\">developing their own<\/a> single-chip microprocessors.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-766899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/intel_4004_credit_intel.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"The Intel 4004 Chip in a plastic DIP package\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Intel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In particular, the Intel 4004 is especially celebrated because it marked the beginning of Intel\u2019s long and very successful microprocessor business, which dramatically shaped the evolution of the personal computer and still powers billions of computers today. Had Intel fizzled out as a company in the early 1970s, it\u2019s very likely we might celebrate another company\u2019s earliest chip as being just as important as the 4004. But, in hindsight, we can look back and see that the 4004 was the beginning of something very big.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>40 Years Later: What Was it Like to Use an IBM PC in 1981?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Then_and_Now_The_Intel_4004_vs_an_Intel_Core_i9-12900K\"><\/span>Then and Now: The Intel 4004 vs an Intel Core i9-12900K<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Microprocessor <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> has dramatically changed since 1971, when Intel\u2019s 4004 CPU ran at a mere 740 KHz and contained only 2,250 transistors using a 1 micrometer process. To show just how dramatically things have changed, we\u2019ve compared the 4004 with Intel\u2019s latest top-of-the-line desktop CPU, the recently-announced Intel Core i9-12900K. Here\u2019s a look at the specs side-by-side:<\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left;\" border=\"1\" width=\"500\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" data-skiptableautocorrect=\"true\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">\nCPU Model\n<\/th>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#e07d02\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding: 12px; color: white;\"><strong>Intel 4004 (1971)<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikichip.org\/wiki\/intel\/mcs-4\/4004\">*<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#e07d02\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding: 12px; color: white;\"><strong>Intel Core i9-12900K (2021)<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=204a528a336ede4177fff0d84a044482&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fark.intel.com%2Fcontent%2Fwww%2Fus%2Fen%2Fark%2Fproducts%2F134599%2Fintel-core-i912900k-processor-30m-cache-up-to-5-20-ghz.html\">*<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">\nDate Publicly<br \/>Announced\n<\/th>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\nNovember 15, 1971\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">\nPrice<br \/>(2021 Dollars)\n<\/th>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<p style=\"padding: 12px;\">$401.41<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<p style=\"padding: 12px;\">$589.00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">\nPrice<br \/>(1971 Dollars)\n<\/th>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<span id=\"answer\">$87.82<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">\nMax Clock Speed\n<\/th>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n0.074 GHz<br \/>(740 kHz)\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n5.20 GHz<br \/>(5,200,000 kHz)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">\nWord Size\n<\/th>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n4-bit\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n64-bit\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">\nCores\n<\/th>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n1\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n16\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">\nThreads\n<\/th>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n1\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n24\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">\nMemory Limit\n<\/th>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n0.000004 GB<br \/>(4 KB)\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n128 GB<br \/>(134,217,728 KB)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">\nPower Usage\n<\/th>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n1 W\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">125-241 W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">\nProcess Size\n<\/th>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n10,000 nm<br \/>(1 \u00b5m)\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n7 nm<br \/>(0.007 \u00b5m)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">\nDie Size\n<\/th>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n12 mm\u00b2 (4 mm \u00d7 3 mm)\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">215.25 mm\u00b2 (20.5 mm \u00d7 10.5 mm)<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikichip.org\/wiki\/intel\/core_i9\/i9-12900k\">*<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">\nTransistor Count\n<\/th>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">2,250<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n~21,700,000,000\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Of these stats, one that really stands out is the staggering difference in the number of transistors on each chip\u20142,250 vs an estimated 21.7 billion. (We calculated the Core i9 transistor estimate based on the surface area of the chip multiplied by the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/7_nm_process\">transistor density of the Intel 7 process<\/a>). The huge increase in transistor count is possible due to the dramatically smaller process size involved (7 nm vs 1 \u00b5m), which allows for much smaller features on the chip, translating into a huge density of transistors in every square millimeter.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the modern Intel chip packs a lot more than just a CPU onto its die. It includes a high-speed memory controller, a fully-featured GPU, and a lot more integrated into one package. We\u2019ve definitely come a long way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>Intel&#8217;s 12th Gen Core i9 Is Faster and Cheaper Than AMD Ryzen<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Applications_of_the_Intel_4004\"><\/span>Applications of the Intel 4004<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Due to its limited capabilities\u2014and quickly getting eclipsed by more powerful chips such as the Intel 8008\u2014the 4004 didn\u2019t see widespread use relative to the 8-bit Intel chips that followed. Still, here\u2019s a list of some products that incorporated a 4004 CPU. I\u2019ve pulled many of these examples from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.technologizer.com\/2011\/11\/15\/intel-4004\/\">a piece about the 4004<\/a> I wrote for Technologizer 10 years ago:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Busicom 141-PF Desktop Calculator (1971)<\/li>\n<li>The Intel SIM-4 Development System (1972)<\/li>\n<li>The Intel Intellec 4 Development System (1973)<\/li>\n<li>Bally Alley arcade bowling simulator (1974)<\/li>\n<li>A prototype Bally Flicker pinball machine (1974)<\/li>\n<li>Wang 1222 word processor (1975)<\/li>\n<li>A Compuvote computerized voting machine (1976)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Legacy_of_the_Intel_4004\"><\/span>The Legacy of the Intel 4004<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Only five months after Intel announced the 4004 in Electronic News, the firm shipped the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intel_8008\">Intel 8008<\/a>, the first 8-bit microprocessor. The 8008 launched an era of at-home hobby computers like the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark-8\">Mark-8<\/a>, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance on the cover of Radio-Electronics in 1974 spurred the personal computer industry.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-767187 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/radio-electronics-1974.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"The Cover of the July 1974 issue of Radio-Electronics feating the Mark-8 with the Intel 8008 CPU.\" width=\"650\" height=\"486\" data-credittext=\"Radio-Electronics\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The July 1974 issue of Radio-Electronics featured the 8008-based Mark-8 computer. <span class=\"imagecredit\">Radio-Electronics<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the 8008, Intel followed up with the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intel_8080\">8-bit 8080<\/a>, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/535966\/article-7512.html\">16-bit 8086<\/a>, and beyond, with various personal computers adopting each model along the way. This rapid rise in microprocessor power soon left the 4-bit 4004 in the dust, but the chip\u2019s cultural impact had already been achieved.<\/p>\n<p>As the first-ever commercial microprocessor, the 4004\u2019s legacy is monumental. In the past 50 years, microprocessors have radically affected nearly every industry, reshaped world economies, and transformed civilization. It\u2019s hard to overstate the importance of the microprocessor, which might one day be considered as important as man\u2019s mastery of fire. Where fire allowed us to change and manipulate physical matter, microprocessors allow us to manipulate information at will.<\/p>\n<p>The miniaturization of technology didn\u2019t stop with the invention of the microprocessor. Today, companies continue to integrate features and functions previously available as separate chips onto single-chip packages known as system-on-a-chip (SOCs), such as Apple\u2019s M1 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>. It\u2019s keeping Intel on its toes, and the story isn\u2019t over yet. But we all know where the story started\u2014way back in 1971.<\/p>\n<p>Happy birthday, Intel 4004!<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>Mobile CPUs Are Now as Fast as Most Desktop PCs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Fifty years later, here\u2019s a look at its legacy\u2014and how the 4004 stacks up against a modern Intel powerhouse. 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