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The Fairchild PPS-25 was a family of 4-bit multi-chip microcontrollers developed by Fairchild in 1972. While there is no definitive starting production date available, some older books state that the chip was first produced in first quarter of 1971, ahead of the Intel 4004.[1]

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Part Description
3805 ALU[2]
3806 Control and timing unit

References

  1. Jack Belzer, Albert G. Holzman, Allen Kent (Jul 1, 1978). Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology: Volume 10 - Linear and Matrix Algebra to Microorganisms: Computer-Assisted Identification. page 401
  2. Electronic & Power 17 May 1973


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Facts about "PPS-25 - Fairchild"
designerFairchild Semiconductor +
full page namefairchild/pps-25 +
instance ofmicroprocessor family +
main designerFairchild Semiconductor +
manufacturerFairchild Semiconductor +
nameFairchild PPS-25 +
packageDIP40 +
technologypMOS +
word size4 bit (0.5 octets, 1 nibbles) +