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Yes, Retro SE also points out the Intel 8271 from 1977 was a dual core microcontroller.
by chx 2y ago
Yes, Retro SE also points out the Intel 8271 from 1977 was a dual core microcontroller.
- kjs3 2y agoDepends on your definition. The 8271 wasn't programmable by anyone but Intel (at least, they never made that a market option), and the second core was more of a bit-oriented coprocessor, sorta like saying the 80486 is a 2-core processor because of the FPU.