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Bytecode and the Busicom
The innovative use of a virtual machine helps explain the quirks of the 4004
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Little Power In A Small, Cheap Package
How cost defined the 4004 and how Intel started to disrupt the computer industry.
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The Legacy Of The Intel 4004
First hand accounts and two controversies
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The Strangeness Of The Intel 4004
The start of a detective story to understand a quirky little chip
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Chip Letter Links No. 5: 4004, PiDP 10, Andy Grove, Decapping, UTM on the Mac and more
Great links, reading and images for 12 October 2022
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Robert Noyce And The Road To El Dorado
Why the inventor of the silicon chip deserves more credit for the microprocessor
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Robert Noyce And The Road To El Dorado
Why the inventor of the silicon chip deserves more credit for the microprocessor
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Cash, Canadians and CPUs : Intel's 'Lost' Early Microprocessor
The story of Microsystems International and the Intel 4005
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Chip Letter Links No. 1
Links, reading and images for 14 September 2022
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Tiny Computers from Texas
The Early History of the Microcontroller - Part 1
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Intel's Inside
The Early History of the Microcontroller Part 2
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