Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Taro who wrote (941581)	6/21/2016 7:47:28 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573143

Yeah, I know the history of the 4004. I also know that there was a court case in the 1990s over who had primacy. There was a lot of information presented, like the timelines of the various processors. A problem is that the definition of "microprocessor" is sort of fuzzy. But if the 4004 counts, then it definitely wasn't the first. Here is one. The CADC was designed and built at Garrett AiResearch by a team led by Steve Geller and Ray Holt, and supported by the startup American Microsystems. Design work started in 1968 and was completed in June 1970, beating out a number of electromechanical systems that had also been designed for the F-14. en.wikipedia.org But, that information was classified until the 1990s by the Navy. Granted, Intel claimed for a number of years that they invented the first microprocessor. Seems that TI had beat them to the punch a few months earlier. And Garratt had beat them both. In fact, the F-14 was flying before the 4004 was fabbed. There are two other claimates who were even earlier, depending on how you define "microprocessor". righto.com Talk about having no clue about what you are talking about. You tend to cling to out-dated information. In this case, you have clung to Intel propaganda that was proven to be wrong decades ago.