| ??? 06/02/06 17:21 Read: times |
#117630 - two groups Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Erik Malund said:
If I recall correctly, the 4004 was the very first single chip controller/processor. There were two groups inside Intel, one on the 4-bit line and second on the 8-bit. Thus, 8008/8080 is not a direct descendant of 4004/4040. This is what I read, I did not compare myself (too young perhaps?). This "internal competition" is not an uncommon thing in Intel: the MCS96 range is completely different from the '51s; and certainly there are similar examples in the processor families of Intel. Jan Waclawek |
