Having read the original article , I disagree that this is a microprocessor - https://web.archive.org/web/20190523172420/http://firstmicroprocessor.com/document

Having read the original article , I disagree that this is a microprocessor - https://web.archive.org/web/20190523172420/http://firstmicroprocessor.com/documents/ap1-26-97.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20190523172420/http://firstmicro... I feel this is in line with other computers of that time, and uses rather clever parallel design to improve the performance of the specific functions required - but it is not general purpose by any means.