Intel Celebrates 40th Anniversary of the Microprocessor

[Guest]

Intel's first microprocessor, the 4004, is 40 years old today.

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[gmcizzle]

Benchmark the 4004 against bulldozer.

 

[pwnorbpwnd]

[citation][nom]gmcizzle[/nom]Benchmark the 4004 against bulldozer.[/citation]

10,000 nm process vs. 32 nm the win is obviously going to go to the 4004

 

[gmcizzle]

[citation][nom]pwnorbpwnd[/nom]10,000 nm process vs. 32 nm the win is obviously going to go to the 4004[/citation]
I thought so, but I just want to be sure AMD has the edge over Intel.

 

[BlackHawk91]

Let's get back in time: Which is the oldest intel CPU that you currently have laying around? Mine is a not so old Intel 80486DX2

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

[citation][nom]BlackHawk91[/nom]Let's get back in time: Which is the oldest intel CPU that you currently have laying around? Mine is a not so old Intel 80486DX2[/citation]

486 or 386, I keep forgetting 😀 Fully functional, just need to solder one of the chips on the VGA card back on. Then Celeron 500 MHz, then Celeron M 900 MHz, then Celeron M 1.8 GHz and then i7-2600 which FINALLY broke the Celeron curse for me

 

[stratplaya]

I still have my 386 lying around here somewhere.

 

[f-14]

my first intel processor
CP1610 16-bit CPU running at 894.886 KHz
which also came with my first activision games.
http://www.maniacworld.com/game_console_history/MattelIntellivision.htm

 

[f-14]

because toms url link does not work still
http://www.maniacworld.com/game_console_history/MattelIntellivision.htm

 

[ojas]

[citation][nom]BlackHawk91[/nom]Let's get back in time: Which is the oldest intel CPU that you currently have laying around? Mine is a not so old Intel 80486DX2[/citation]
Earliest was a Pentium II, not with us any more though. P4's still in service, so is a Pentium M, both roughly the same age i think...

 

[JasonAkkerman]

[citation][nom]BlackHawk91[/nom]Let's get back in time: Which is the oldest intel CPU that you currently have laying around? Mine is a not so old Intel 80486DX2[/citation]

286 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Portable
Also a 386DX-40 motherboard and nothing else.

Doubt either of them would work without a lot of work.

EDIT - after a bit more research my Compaq has an 8088 processor in it. Ahh, fond memories of that machine. I learned how to program PASCAL on it. Which was a lot more fun then assembly on a Commodore 64.

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

because toms url link does not work still
http://www.maniacworld.com/game_console_history/MattelIntellivision.htm

It works. You must have a word in between "" tags, though.

 

[deathengine]

My first PC was an AMD 286 at 12MHZ. It was fast at that time. Jeez doesnt seem like it was so long ago.

 

[ojas]

[citation][nom]f-14[/nom]because toms url link does not work still[/citation]
Not true.

 

[resetrsx]

I have a 386DX-100 (100 mhz) in my attic.

 

[resetrsx]

^ it used to barely run Windows 95.

 

[jimmysmitty]

[citation][nom]BlackHawk91[/nom]Let's get back in time: Which is the oldest intel CPU that you currently have laying around? Mine is a not so old Intel 80486DX2[/citation]

I have a 286 and Cyrix 386 somewhere.

 

[JasonAkkerman]

[citation][nom]resetrsx[/nom]I have a 386DX-100 (100 mhz) in my attic.[/citation]

Sure it wasn't a 486DX-100 (33Mhz * 3)? Not sure Intel made a 386 that went high.

 

[webbwbb]

I have an 8008.

 

[jasonp4113]

Ahhhh, but will the 4004 play Crysis?

 

[resetrsx]

[citation][nom]JasonAkkerman[/nom]Sure it wasn't a 486DX-100 (33Mhz * 3)? Not sure Intel made a 386 that went high.[/citation]

Yeah, it was one of their later 386 models.

 

[alyoshka]

I got a 286 and a 386 in two cute coffins

 

[alyoshka]

I wonder if I could Daisy them (the 286 & the 386) to the 2600K and get a boost.....

 

[spookyman]

Have several dozen old processors still laying around.

From a 8080 to a dual core.

Manage to get an old 286 processor and mother board to work again.

 

[Guest]

How about an RCA 1802?