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To: Windsock who wrote (50222)	8/7/2001 5:53:23 PM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

windsock, Who commissioned the integration project? Hint: It was a Japanese company who wanted it for use as a calculator and who may have originated the concept in their RFQ? Bill

To: Windsock who wrote (50222)	8/7/2001 6:00:37 PM
From: Dan3	Respond to of 275872

Re: the product was the Intel 4004 Conceived, specified, and designed by a Japanese calculator company. Intel, motto, "get your cheap memory IC's here", was the contract FAB. Intel ripped off its customer's design, establishing a tradition, and the rest is history. :-)