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Many of the improvements in the speed and computing ability of today’s PCs and embedded systems can be traced to the microprocessor, which has evolved from the 4-bit devices in the early 1970s to ...

The 4004 was a single silicon chip that measured one-eighth by one-sixth of an inch with 2,250 individual circuit elements. It was part of a set of chips that also included a read-only memory chip ...

The name Intel has long been associated with microprocessors powering PCs, and more recently has been associated with a struggling semiconductor supplier trying to regain its footing in the AI era.