4004 and IC history / was Re: Vintage computer photogallery

woodelf bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
Sat Oct 13 19:03:01 CDT 2007


Brent Hilpert wrote:

> Thanks for the correction, but why was it in such a larger package?
> (4040 was a 28 or 40-pin package wasn't it?).

I think I read that lintel at that time could not test a larger
package at time.Since the original market was a 4 function calculator
small packages made sense.
Ben.



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