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Title: Intel® 4004 Microprocessor Package, 1971
Creator: Intel Corporation
Contributor: Intel Microprocessor Packages
Date Created and/or Issued: 1971 1971
Publication Information: Intel Museum Archives
Contributing Institution: Intel Museum
Collection: Intel Museum Silicon Valley History Online Collection
Rights Information: Copyright ©Intel Corporation 1971. 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 1971. 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: Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® 4004 microprocessor package. Clock speed: 108 kilohertz. Transistor Count: 2,300. Chip Performance: .06 MIPS (millions of instructions per second). Circuit Line Size: 6.5 (10 microns). Addressable memory: 640 bytes. The 4004 microprocessor was originally built on 2- inch silicon wafer. The 4004 was Intel's first microprocessor. This breakthrough invention powered the Busicom calculator and paved the way for embedding intelligence in inanimate objects as well as the personal computer.
Type: image
Format: 20 x 25 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt729020f8
cstcli 1998.672 - 260546
Language: English
Subject: Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology
Source: lcsh, local

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