A Japanese calculator manufacturer, Busicom wanted Intel to develop 16 separate IC’s
for a line of new calculators. Intel, at that point in time known only as a memory
manufacturer, was quite small and did not have the resources to do all 16 chips. Then
Ted Hoff came up with the idea of doing all 16 on a single chip. Later, Intel realized that
the 4004 could have other uses as well.
Currently Intel came with – Intel Pentium 4 (2.2GHz).
It was introduced in December 2001. It got 55 million transistors. 32-bit word size.
Within the processor it has 2 ALU’s each working at 4.4GHz. It costs around $600.
for a line of new calculators. Intel, at that point in time known only as a memory
manufacturer, was quite small and did not have the resources to do all 16 chips. Then
Ted Hoff came up with the idea of doing all 16 on a single chip. Later, Intel realized that
the 4004 could have other uses as well.
Currently Intel came with – Intel Pentium 4 (2.2GHz).
It was introduced in December 2001. It got 55 million transistors. 32-bit word size.
Within the processor it has 2 ALU’s each working at 4.4GHz. It costs around $600.
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