More information is here: https://firstmicroprocessor.com/?doing_wp_cron=1700608229.8666059970855712890625
I think that is the designers (Rod Holt?) website. Apparently he won a legal battle to use the term "first microprocessor" for whatever that is worth. Will > On 11/21/2023 2:56 PM CST Brent Hilpert via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > On 2023-Nov-21, at 1:03 AM, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 7:01 PM ben via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > > wrote: > > > On 2023-11-20 5:36 p.m., Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote: > > > > On Nov. 15, 1971 Intel commercially released the 4004 microprocessor > > > > which > > > > some consider to be the first. Nonetheless, even if not in agreement, it > > > > made possible the instrument which drives the classic-computing > > > > industry or > > > > at the very least our hobby! > > > > > > > > Happy computing. > > > > > > > > Murray 🙂 > > > https://retrocomputingforum.com/t/swiss-physicist-builds-complete-intel-4004-computer-out-of-smd-transistors/3738 > > > THE DIY VERSION > > So what are the other contenders and what do they bring to table > > A claim is made for the first microproc being the CADC processor of an early > flight-control system for the F-14, made by Garrett AiResearch ~ 1969. I > haven't looked into it in depth - or I don't know of detailed info being > available - but apparently it was a CPU made up of several LSI chips. In my > opinion that disqualifies it, but it's all into the mug's game of specifying > 'first at what?' If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
