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There are image links, click on a CPU and find out more info!<\/p><\/div>\n\n\"multicoreintels\"\n\"CPU\"\n\"4-bit-cpus\"\n\"8-bit-cpus\"\n\"16-bit-cpus\"\n\"intel-pentium\"\n\"moores-law\"\n\"amd\"\n\"cores\"\n\"ingot-silicon\"\n\"cpu-frequency\"\n\"32-bit-cpus\"\n\"silicon-wafer-photomask\"\n\"intel-dx-sx\"\n\"intel-524-528\"\n\"pentium-celeron-core\"\n\"exposed-die\"\n\"i960\"\n\"Z80\"\n\"Intel-Mobile\"\n\"Intel-Itanium\"\n\"Intel-4004\"\n\"section-5\"\n\"apple-cpus\"\n\"sun-cpus\"\n\"xeons-i3\"\n\"2006-2007-intel\" <\/map>\n

Microprocessor Facts<\/a>
\n4-bit Intel CPU’s<\/a>
\n8-bit Intel CPU’s<\/a>
\n16-bit Intel CPU’s<\/a>
\n32-bit Intel CPU’s<\/a>
\n64-bit Intel CPU’s<\/a>
\nOther CPU’s<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>Microprocessor Facts<\/h2>\n

Some must know facts about the Microprocessor:<\/p>\n

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  1. CPU<\/strong> – Central Processing Unit<\/strong>
    \nThe Central Processing Unit (CPU) is the electronic circuitry within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program<\/li>\n
  2. Intel 4004<\/strong>
    \nThe Intel 4004 is a 4-bit central processing unit (CPU) released by Intel Corporation in 1971. It was the first commercially available microprocessor by Intel.<\/li>\n
  3. It’s all about the Pentium!\u00a0 <\/strong>https:\/\/youtu.be\/xr9IZQa_vpU<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Moore’s Law
    \n<\/strong><\/strong>The number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years. Named after Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel.<\/p>\n

  5. Block diagram of a basic uniprocessor-CPU computer:<\/strong>\u00a0Black lines indicate data flow, whereas red lines indicate control flow; arrows indicate flow directions.\n

  6. <\/a>Here are two silicon wafers and a photomask<\/strong> which are used in the manufacturing process of a CPU. These samples were created at Carleton University’s Microelectric Fabrication Laboratory<\/a>.
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  7. Cores<\/strong>
    \nHaving multiple processing units on a single die. An 8-core CPU is equivalent to having the processing power of 8 single CPUs.<\/li>\n
  8. Ingot<\/strong>
    \nA silicon ingot is “grown” from a seed crystal that forms a large crystal. It’s then sliced into wafers and used in the manufacturing process of your CPU die.<\/li>\n
  9. CPU Frequency<\/strong>
    \nThe CPU frequency or clock rate measures the number of instructions the CPU can process per second.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/a>4 Bit CPUs<\/h2>\n

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    <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Name<\/strong><\/td>\nYear<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel 4004<\/td>\n1971<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel 4040<\/td>\n1974<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    The story of the Intel 4004 <\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    \"Intel<\/a><\/h2>\n

    Ted Hoff Inventor of the Microprocessor<\/a><\/p>\n

    <\/a>8 Bit CPUs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Name<\/strong><\/td>\nYear<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel 8008<\/td>\n1972<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel 8080<\/td>\n1974<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel 8085<\/td>\n1976<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    8-bit computing wiki<\/a><\/p>\n

    <\/a>Zilog Z80<\/h2>\n
    \"Microsoft<\/a>

    The\u00a0Z-80 SoftCard<\/strong> from 1980 is a plug-in Apple II processor card developed by Microsoft to turn the computer into a CP\/M system based upon the Zilog Z80 central processing unit (CPU)<\/p><\/div>\n

    The Zilog Z80 is an 8-bit microprocessor launched in July 1976 and was widely used in both desktop computers and embedded systems. [Thank you John Stewart, IT staff from the school of Mathematics, for donating this item to the display]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    <\/a>16 Bit CPUs<\/h2>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Name<\/strong><\/td>\nYear<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel 8086<\/td>\n1979<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel 8087<\/td>\n1980<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel 8088<\/td>\n1979<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel 80186<\/td>\n1982<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel 80286<\/td>\n1982<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    “Wow this 286-CPU had contacts and not pins. Ahead of its time.”<\/p>\n

    IBM Personal Computer\/AT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

    <\/a>32 Bit CPUs<\/h2>\n
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    Intel 80386, 80486… and onward<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Name<\/strong><\/td>\nYear<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel i386 DX-20 (80386)<\/td>\n1985<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel 80387<\/td>\n1987<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel 80386 SX-16<\/td>\n1988<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    Name<\/strong><\/td>\nProduct Code<\/strong><\/td>\nYear<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel i486 DX-33<\/td>\nA80486DX-33<\/td>\n1990<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel i486 SX-25<\/td>\n80486SX-25<\/td>\n1991<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel i486 DX2-66<\/td>\nA80486DX2-66<\/td>\n1992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel i486 DX2-50<\/td>\nA80486DX2-50<\/td>\n1993<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel i486 SX2-50<\/td>\nA80486SX2-50<\/td>\n1994<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel i486 DX4-75<\/td>\nFC80486DX4-75<\/td>\n1994<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    AMD Am486 DX4-100<\/td>\nAm486DX4-100<\/td>\n1994<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Intel i486 OverDrive<\/td>\n80486<\/td>\n1995<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    Intel A80486DX2-66 with a blue heatsink<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Intel DX4 FC80486DX4-75, most likely from an older laptop<\/p><\/div>\n

    <\/a>Intel Pentium<\/h2>\n

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