Microprocessors are getting so tiny that they’re actually small enough for quantum mechanics to start affecting their performance. That’s bad news for traditional computing, but it’s led to a ...

Half a century ago, Intel’s 4004 chip was born, ushering in the digital revolution. Take a closer look at the little chip that changed the world, altered India’s place in it, and quietly powers modern ...

The world's first commercially available microprocessor was launched 40 years ago today. Intel unveiled the 4004 on 15 November 1971, triggering the start of the digital revolution and enabling ...

Vintage microprocessors usually do something, be it just sitting in an idle loop, calculating something, or simply looking cool in a collector’s cabinet. [Lee] has come up with a vastly cooler use for ...

Sunday, November 15 marked the 44th anniversary of the Intel 4004, which was the company's first commercially available microprocessor. The 4-bit microprocessor was used in the likes of calculators ...

Today, six-phase converters running at 1 MHz per phase, using 2-mΩ MOSFETS and 100-nH SMT inductors to deliver 150A at 1V are no longer a novelty. However, they are relatively inefficient and cannot ...

Whatever device you're using right now to read these words —be it a PC, a tablet, or a mobile phone— owes its very existence to a tiny sliver of silicon developed 40 years ago today, November 15.