TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Today, Monday, November 15, Intel celebrates 50 years of the world’s first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004. Released in 1971, the tiny chip paved the way for modern microprocessor computing, or the brain that powers nearly all modern technologies, from the cloud to the edge.
Microprocessor enabling the convergence of superpower technologies—ubiquitous computing, pervasive connectivity, cloud infrastructure, and artificial intelligence—and creating a pace of innovation that is moving faster than ever before. “This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 4004 chip,” Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said in a written statement Monday.
Intel 4004 was a pioneer of microprocessors, and his success proved that it was possible to build complex integrated circuits and package them in chips the size of a fingernail.
The invention of the Intel 4004 also formed a new random logic design methodology that laid the foundation for the next generation of microprocessors, before evolving to create the chips that are now used in modern devices.
“You can think about how much we have accomplished in the last half century. This is a sacred moment for technology. This is what really takes computing off,” said Gelsinger.
The history of the chip dates back to 1969, when the Nippon Calculating Machine Corp. asked Intel to design an integrated circuit for their technical prototype calculator, the Busicom 141-PF. Intel engineers at the time changed their original plan of 12 custom chips and designed a set of four chips—including the 4004—to meet the challenge.
The chip was able to provide the same computing power as the first electronic computer made in 1946, which was almost the size of a room. The former Intel engineer who designed and produced the Intel 4004, Frederico Faggin, said that in the 1970s it was clear that microprocessors would change the way systems were designed, and make the switch from hardware to software.
“However, the speed at which microprocessors have evolved over time and microprocessors used by industry has been staggering,” said Faggin, who designed the Intel 4004 together with Tedd Hoff and Stan Major.
The Intel 4004 ushers in the modern computing era through the design and production of the first commercial microprocessor for a desktop calculator and the new 12th Intel Core processor. The hybrid architecture performance of this new family brings a co-engineering shift between software and hardware, bringing performance to a new level that outperforms previous generations.
And with research being done in the field of quantum computing, along with cryogenic Intel Horse II solutions, with neuromorphic computing, and the arrival of the Intel Loihi 2 chip, half a century after the Intel 4004, Intel continues to innovate, explore new areas, and push the boundaries of computing.
Read:
Intel CEO: Global Chip Crisis Continues Until 2023
Always update up-to-date information. Listen breaking news and selected news from Tempo.co on the Telegram channel “Tempo.co Update”. Click https://t.me/tempodotcoupdate to join. you need toinstall Telegram application first.
– .
