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The 1970s brought the [[microprocessor]] revolution with smaller, faster, and cheaper [[integrated circuits]].
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The 1970s brought the [[microprocessor]] revolution with smaller, faster, and cheaper [[integrated circuits]] packing all the components necessary for a fully functional system in one to three individual chips.
  
 
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! Year !! Qt !! Intel  !! National !! NEC !! Rockwell !! Motorola !! Toshiba !! Mostek !! GI !! AMI !! Hitachi !! Fairchild !! TI !! RCA !! Signetics !! AMD
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! Year !! Qt !! Intel  !! National !! NEC !! Rockwell !! Motorola !! Toshiba !! Mostek !! GI !! AMI !! Hitachi !! Fairchild !! TI !! RCA !! Signetics !! AMD !! EA
 
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| rowspan="4" | 1971 || 1Q ||  || || || || || || || || || || [[Fairchild PPS-25|PPS-25]] || ||
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| rowspan="4" | 1971 || 1Q ||  || || || || || || || || || || [[Fairchild PPS-25|PPS-25]] || || || || ||
 
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| 4Q || [[Intel 4004|4004]] || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| 4Q || [[Intel 4004|4004]] || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
 
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| rowspan="4" | 1972 || 1Q || [[Intel 8008|8008]] || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| rowspan="4" | 1972 || 1Q || [[Intel 8008|8008]] || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
 
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| 2Q || || || || [[Rockwell PPS-4|PPS-4]] || || || || || || || || ||
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| 2Q || || || || [[Rockwell PPS-4|PPS-4]] || || || || || || || || || || || ||
 
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| rowspan="4" | 1973 || 1Q || || [[National IMP-16|IMP-16]] || [[NEC uPD751|uPD751]] || || || || || || || || || ||
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| rowspan="4" | 1973 || 1Q || || [[National IMP-16|IMP-16]] || [[NEC uPD751|uPD751]] || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
 
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| 2Q ||  || || || || || [[Toshiba T3472|T3472]]<ref group=note1>Exact release date is unknown</ref> || || || || || || ||
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| 2Q ||  || || || || || [[Toshiba T3472|T3472]] || || || || || || || || || ||
 
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| 3Q || ||  || [[NEC μCOM 4|μCOM 4]] || || || || || || || || || ||
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| 3Q || ||  || [[NEC μCOM 4|μCOM 4]] || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
 
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| rowspan="4" | 1974 || 1Q || [[Intel 8080|8080]] || || [[National IMP-8|IMP-8]] || || || || [[Mostek 5065|5065]] || || || || || [[TMS1000]] ||
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| rowspan="4" | 1974 || 1Q || [[Intel 8080|8080]] || || [[National IMP-8|IMP-8]] || || || || [[Mostek 5065|5065]] || || || || || [[TMS1000]] || || || ||
 
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| 2Q || || || || || [[Motorola 6800|6800]] || [[Toshiba T3190|T3190]] || || || || || || ||
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| 2Q || || || || || [[Motorola 6800|6800]] || [[Toshiba T3190|T3190]] || || || || || || || || || ||
 
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| 3Q || [[Intel 3000|3000]] || || || || || || || [[GI CP1600|CP1600]] || || || || ||
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| 3Q || [[Intel 3000|3000]] || || || || || [[Toshiba TLCS-12|TLCS-12]] || || [[GI CP1600|CP1600]] || || || || || || || ||
 
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| 4Q || [[Intel 4040|4040]] || || || || || || || || || [[National IMP-4|IMP-4]] || || ||
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| 4Q || [[Intel 4040|4040]] || || || || || || || || || [[National IMP-4|IMP-4]] || || || || || ||
 
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| rowspan="4" | 1975 || 1Q || || || || [[Rockwell PPS-8|PPS-8]] || || || || || [[AMI 9209|9209]] || [[Hitachi HD35404|HD35404]] || [[Fairchild F8|F8]] || ||
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| rowspan="4" | 1975 || 1Q || || || || [[Rockwell PPS-8|PPS-8]] || || || || || [[AMI 9209|9209]] || [[Hitachi HD35404|HD35404]] || [[Fairchild F8|F8]] || || || ||
 
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| 2Q ||  || || [[NEC μCOM 80|μCOM 80]] || || || || || || || || || || [[RCA COSMAC 1801|COSMAC 1801]] || [[Signetics 2650|2650]] ||
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| 2Q ||  || || [[NEC μCOM 80|μCOM 80]] || || || || || || || || || || [[RCA COSMAC 1801|COSMAC 1801]] || [[Signetics 2650|2650]] || ||
 
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| 3Q || || || || [[Rockwell PPS-4/2|PPS-4/2]] || || || || || || || || || [[RCA COSMAC 1802|COSMAC 1802]] || || [[AMD Am9080|Am9080]]
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| 3Q || || || [[NEC μCOM 16|μCOM 16]] || [[Rockwell PPS-4/2|PPS-4/2]] || || || || || || || || || [[RCA COSMAC 1802|COSMAC 1802]] || || [[AMD Am9080|Am9080]] ||
 
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| 4Q || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| rowspan="4" | 1976 || 1Q || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| rowspan="4" | 1976 || 1Q || || [[National SC/MP|SC/MP]] || || || || || || || || || || || || || || [[EA9002]]
 
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| 2Q || || || [[NEC μCOM 41|μCOM 41]] || || || || || || || || || ||
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| 2Q || || || [[NEC μCOM 41|μCOM 41]] || || || [[Toshiba T3412|T3412]] || || || || [[HMCS-6800]] || || [[TMS9900]] || || ||
 
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== See also ==
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* [[4-bit architecture]]
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* [[8-bit architecture]]
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* [[12-bit architecture]]
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* [[16-bit architecture]]
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[[Category:microprocessor chronology]]

Latest revision as of 08:34, 21 July 2018

The 1970s brought the microprocessor revolution with smaller, faster, and cheaper integrated circuits packing all the components necessary for a fully functional system in one to three individual chips.

Year Qt Intel National NEC Rockwell Motorola Toshiba Mostek GI AMI Hitachi Fairchild TI RCA Signetics AMD EA
1971 1Q PPS-25
2Q
3Q
4Q 4004
1972 1Q 8008
2Q PPS-4
3Q
4Q
1973 1Q IMP-16 uPD751
2Q T3472
3Q μCOM 4
4Q
1974 1Q 8080 IMP-8 5065 TMS1000
2Q 6800 T3190
3Q 3000 TLCS-12 CP1600
4Q 4040 IMP-4
1975 1Q PPS-8 9209 HD35404 F8
2Q μCOM 80 COSMAC 1801 2650
3Q μCOM 16 PPS-4/2 COSMAC 1802 Am9080
4Q
1976 1Q SC/MP EA9002
2Q μCOM 41 T3412 HMCS-6800 TMS9900
3Q
4Q

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