Intel 4004
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The Intel 4004 is an early single chip computer chip, from 1971, and a lineal ancestor of the Pentium family of computer chips.[1]
| specification | value |
|---|---|
| number of transistors | 2,300 transistor on die |
| clock speed | 740 hertz |
| instruction set | 46 instructions |
| Registers | 16 4 bit registers or eight bit registers. |
| introduction date | 1971 |
| memory | 1k data memory, 4k program memory |
| address space | 4k |
The computer had separate data and memory spaces. The maximum addressable memory was 4 kilobytes.[1]
According to the History of Computing website the chip "it is widely considered to be the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor."[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Industrial Era: 1974 - 1975, History of Computing. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.