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Intel's revolutionary 54-year-old 4004 chip was the world's first programmable microchip — 2,300-transistor 10,000nm processor exposed

CPU collector and enthusiast CPU Duke was given the opportunity to "pop the hood" off Intel's first-ever multi-purpose microprocessor, the 4004. In a post on X, the CPU collector removed the top ...
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MEMS Version of Intel 4004 Chip Could be Made to Prove Nanomechanical Computer Designs

Ralph Merkle, Robert Freitas and collaborators have shown that using only links and rotary joints a Turing-complete computational system can be created. A version of this design could be built using ...