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Title: Intel® 8080 Microprocessor Package, 1974
Creator: Intel Corporation
Contributor: Intel Microprocessor Packages
Date Created and/or Issued: 1974 1974
Publication Information: Intel Museum Archives
Contributing Institution: Intel Museum
Collection: Intel Museum Silicon Valley History Online Collection
Rights Information: Copyright ©Intel Corporation 1974. All Rights Reserved. Transmission and reproduction of a single copy of this work for non-commercial use in research or teaching in the United States is permitted if Intel is credited as the source of the work. The work must remain intact, as a complete whole and may not be combined with any other image or work to create a new document. Copyright ©Intel Corporation 1974. All Rights Reserved. Transmission and reproduction of a single copy of this work for non-commercial use in research or teaching in the United States is permitted if Intel is credited as the source of the work. The work must remain intact, as a complete whole and may not be combined with any other image or work to create a new document.
Description: Color slide of the Intel® 8080 microprocessor package. Clock speed: 2 MHz. Transistor Count: 4,500. Chip Performance: 29 (64) MIPS (millions of instructions per second). Circuit Line Size: 4.5 microns. Bus width: 8 bits. Addressable memory: 64 Kbytes. The 8080 microprocessor was etched on 3-inch silicon wafers. The 8080 became the brains of the first personal computer--the Altair, allegedly named for a destination of the Starship Enterprise from the Star Trek television show. Computer hobbyists could purchase a kit for the Altair for $395. Within months, it sold tens of thousands, creating the first PC back orders in history.
Type: image
Format: 16 x 24 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1q2nc3j6
cstcli 14-4-11
Language: English
Subject: Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Technology
Source: lcsh, local

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