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Microsystems International Limited[edit]

Based in Kanata, Ontario (suburb of Ottawa) MIL had purchased intel's process and contained the mask set for a number of their production parts. I know they had the 1103 and the masks for intel's 64 bit static RAM. I can not remember if MIL had the rights to produce the 4004 but I suspect they did and therefore should also be listed as selling it.

I do know they built an enhanced 4004 called the MF7112. Waiting on the shelves for a working version of their 4 bit processor was an emulator, text editor, and assembler for that machine, (and I think a mini-BIOS/OS) all written in Fortran by Larry Schweizer and his team of programmers, including John Heckman. I was there in Fall '72 and Spring '73 while they were working on the MF7112.

Sorry, I can not definitively say if MIL produced the 4004 but IMHO, the odds that it did not are low. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.193.100.92 (talk • contribs)

I added the MicroSystems International's MF7114 to the list. I think you mean MF7114 instead of MF7112? (going by this paper). However after some investigating I found out that in the Electronic Products Magazine - Volume 16, Issues 7-12 it actually mentions a "MF7112" (however Google doesn't let me view the entire page so I can't tell what's the chip actually is. So I'm wondering, is the IEEE paper got the number wrong or is the MF7112 simply a different chip. If you have some information/docs you can drop by here it would be pretty awesome. --ChipIt (talk) 03:04, 29 April 2016 (EDT)

Follow-up the MF7114 was the processor and the MF7112 was the 4K DRAM (world's first commercial one actually). --ChipIt (talk) 06:09, 29 April 2016 (EDT)