- Intel’s groundbreaking 8008 microprocessor was first produced 45 years ago. This chip, Intel’s first 8-bit microprocessor, is the ancestor of the x86 processor family that you may be using right now. I couldn’t find good die photos of the 8008, so I opened one up and took some detailed photographs. These new die photos are in this article, along with a discussion of the 8008’s internal design.
- 8008UM.pdf (8008.classiccmp.org)
The 8008 is a complete computer system central processor unit which may be interfaced with memories having capacities up to 16K bytes. The processor communicates over an 8-bit data and address bus and uses two leads for internal control and four leads for external control. The CPU contains an 8-bit parallel arithmetic unit, a dynamic RAM (seven 8-bit data registers and an 8x14 stack), and complete instruction decoding and control logic.
- Datapoint 2200 (Wikipedia)
The Datapoint 2200 was a mass-produced programmable terminal usable as a computer, designed by Computer Terminal Corporation (CTC) founders Phil Ray and Gus Roche and announced by CTC in June 1970 (with units shipping in 1971). It was initially presented by CTC as a versatile and cost-efficient terminal for connecting to a wide variety of mainframes by loading various terminal emulations from tape rather than being hardwired as most contemporary terminals, including their earlier Datapoint 3300.
