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History of Microprocessors
The evolution of microprocessors has been known to follow Moore's Law when it comes to steadily increasing performance over the years.
This law suggests that the complexity of an integrated circuit, with respect to minimum component cost, doubles every 24 months.
This dictum has generally proven true since the early 1970s.
From their humble beginnings as the drivers for calculators, the continued increase in power has led to the dominance of...
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How Microprocessors Work
A microprocessor - also known as a CPU or Central Processing Unit - is a complete computation engine that is fabricated on a single chip.
The first microprocessor was the Intel 4004, introduced in 1971.
Second grade level, but you never know.
Sometimes it's good to go back to the basics.
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Integrated Circuits - A History
1958: Invention of the Integrated Circuit Texas Instruments' first IC As with many inventions, two people had the idea for an integrated circuit at almost the same time.
Transistors had become commonplace in everything from radios to phones to computers, and now manufacturers wanted something even better.
Sure, transistors were smaller than vacuum tubes, but for some of the newest electronics, they weren't small enough.
But there...
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The Gecko's CPU Library
Welcome on my virtual CPU museum, the Gecko's CPU Library.
This website features my large CPU and FPU collection, tenths pages of documentation and ressources, packages ans sockets sections, links to other collector's sites... I have tried my best to provide the most accurate information, but information on the website should not be considered definitive.
CPU pictures of the collection have been taken by myself, and are under copyright of...
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The History Of Microprocessors
The microprocessor owes its phenomenal success to a paradox created by the combination of technology and economics.
Due to techniques that squeeze roughly twice as many circuits onto silicon every 18 months or so by decreasing line widths, increasing wafer diameters, and adding layers, each new generation eventually comes to market at around the same price as the last, but with twice the power.
More compact circuitry makes microprocessors...
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The History of the Integrated Circuit
Our world is full of integrated circuits.
You find several of them in computers.
For example, most people have probably heard about the microprocessor.
The microprocessor is an integrated circuit that processes all information in the computer.
It keeps track of what keys are pressed and if the mouse has been moved.
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