The 8008 does have one thing going for it though: the 8008 is widely known as the world’s first 8-bit microprocessor. The custom 8008 CPU board for the Heathkit H8.

A microprocessor is the brains of a computer, and they're in everything these days. Not so before 1971.

Intel is marking 50 years since the launch of the Intel 4004, the world's first commercially available microprocessor. Intel's CEO said the launch of the 4004 is what made computing really take off.

Yes, 2024 – the prizes in the 40th anniversary edition prizes were just awarded The IOCCC, as it's familiarly known, is back ...

The first Q1 microcomputer was delivered in December of 1972, making it the first, as far as he can tell. Later revisions used the Z80 processor, which is the model pictured above that [The Byte ...

Faggin talks about the day in January 1971, when he first tested the chip and it worked flawlessly. That was the day the microprocessor was born, he says, and today it is at the heart of the ...

India has taken its first step in microprocessor development thanks to a research team of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M). The researchers have built the country’s first native ...

Trump is reportedly pressurizing TSMC to either acquire a 49% stake in Intel or commit to investing an additional $400 ...

Today on the 40th anniversary of the 4004, the world's first microprocessor, the world should salute Intel and the three inventors of that microchip for the accomplishment. But let's not forget ...

The 4004 microprocessor. [Photo: Intel] On Tuesday November 15, Intel held an event in San Francisco to celebrate the fortieth birthday of its 4004 microprocessor–the first complete single-chip ...

As NPR marks its 50th anniversary, we look back at an innovation that also changed the world in 1971: the unveiling of the first commercially produced microprocessor.