1971 – Intel releases the 4004 mircoprocessor. This is the first single-chip processor and what is concidered a “pre x86 processor” along with the 8008, 8080 and 8085 processors.

The 4004 could run 60,000 interactions per second (0.06 MIP). The clock rate on the chip was 108 KHz and was accompanied by the Intel RAM chip.

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