The first general-purpose processor of the modern age came off the line today in 1971 to power a calculator. It changed the world. Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of the Intel ...

The advent of microcomputers in the 1970s has dramatically changed our society. Since then, microprocessors have been made almost exclusively from silicon, but the ever-increasing demand for higher ...

As NPR marks its 50th anniversary, we look back at an innovation that also changed the world in 1971: the unveiling of the first commercially produced microprocessor. NPR turned 50 this year. And to ...

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the microprocessor. But developments in these semiconductor chips, which are the heart of every electronic device, continue with gusto. Researchers at UK-based ...

The story of the first microprocessor, one you may have heard, goes something like this: The Intel 4004 was introduced in late 1971, for use in a calculator. It was a combination of four chips, and it ...

40 years after Intel patented the first microprocessor, BBC News talks to one of the key employees who made that world changing innovation happen. Ted Hoff saved his own life, sort of. Deep inside ...