[HN Gopher] First Microprocessor - 50th Anniversary 2020
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       First Microprocessor - 50th Anniversary 2020
        
       Author : rbanffy
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2025-11-14 20:53 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | klelatti wrote:
       | I agree with Ken Shirriff [1]
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       | > In my view, the key features of a microprocessor are that it
       | provides a CPU on a single chip (including ALU, control
       | functions, and registers such as a program counter) and that it
       | is programmable.
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       | Which means that, pioneering as it was, this wasn't a
       | microprocessor.
       | 
       | Ken's post is terrific btw for an overview of the candidates for
       | the title of first microprocessor.
       | 
       | [1] https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-surprising-story-of-the-
       | first-...
        
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