Let's Program the Transistors
The Intel 4004 was designed for a calculator, not to change the world. Discover how this tiny 4-bit processor became the foundation of modern computing and inspired every generation of microprocessors that followed.
Ted Hoff’s simple question challenged the way electronic systems had always been designed. Discover how a new way of thinking transformed a complex calculator project into the architectural foundation of the world’s first commercially available microprocessor.
Before the Intel 4004 became the world’s first commercially available microprocessor, it was simply an ambitious calculator project. Discover how Busicom’s challenge and Ted Hoff’s unconventional thinking laid the foundation for one of the greatest breakthroughs in semiconductor history.