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The article failed to mention possibly the most influential one of them all, the Busicom. While it was an obscure Japanese company, they indirectly kicked off
by United857 8y ago
The article failed to mention possibly the most influential one of them all, the Busicom. While it was an obscure Japanese company, they indirectly kicked off the microprocessor revolution -- via another obscure company called Intel.
"Busicom asked Intel to design a set of integrated circuits for a new line of programmable electronic calculators in 1969.[1][2] In doing this, they spurred the invention of Intel's first microprocessor to be commercialized,[3] the Intel 4004"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busicom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busicom
- incyclum 8y agoIntel shipped to its customer Busicom the first 4004 chips in 1971. But because that year Busicom was in financial trouble they accepted that Intel could resell the chips to others in exchange of lower prices. Commercial success of the 4004 isn't present during the first few months and they didn't patented their chip yet. Then it got better.
- Zardoz84 8y agolast entry it's just a photo of a busicom calculator