4004 and IC history

Christian Corti cc at corti-net.de
Sun Oct 14 04:17:33 CDT 2007


On Sat, 13 Oct 2007, Fred Cisin wrote:
> A Pentium is just an expanded 4004.

No, not at all; and the 4004 has a harvard architecture. You're confusing 
it with the i8008, this is the ancestor that can be found in all Pentii.
The 4004 and 8008 are very different designs, the former an order from 
Busicom to the firm "Integrated Electronics" as a chipset for a 
calculator, the latter from I think DTC for a CRT terminal.

Christian


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