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Invention of the Microprocessor

Invention of the Microprocessor

Intel unveils the 4004, the first commercial microprocessor, launching the personal computing revolution

Year 1971
Date 11/15
Location Santa Clara, California, United States
Layer 1
Visibility PUBLIC
technology computing semiconductor intel

Key Figures

Federico Faggin Ted Hoff Stanley Mazor Masatoshi Shima
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