The Wall St. Journal had a good essay about that, by Andy Kessler. This link
should get you there:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-chip-that-changed-the-world-microprocessor-computing-transistor-breakthrough-intel-11636903999?st=nm37ik74mq9vp51&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
<https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-chip-that-changed-the-world-microprocessor-computing-transistor-breakthrough-intel-11636903999?st=nm37ik74mq9vp51&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink>
The subtitle is "Most of the wealth created since 1971 is a result of Intel’s
4004 microprocessor" which seems extravagant until you read his arguments.
I still remember the 4004-based personal computer a college classmate of mine
designed and built in 1974. It was a large (DEC Unibus hex module sized) wire
wrap board with about 100 chips on it. And it worked. Slowly, but it could do
useful programs.
paul
> On Nov 16, 2021, at 12:30 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
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> It looks like the Intel 4004 turned 50 yesterday.
>
> Zane
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