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4004
4004 in CerDIP
General Info
Designer	Intel
Manufacturer	Intel
Model Number	4004
Part Number	C4004, D4004, P4004
Market	Commercial, Industrial
Introduction	November 15, 1971 (announced) December, 1971 (launched)
End-of-life	1982 (last order)
Shop	Amazon
General Specs
Family	MCS-4
Series	MCS
Frequency	500 kHz, 740 kHz
Microarchitecture
ISA	4004 (4004)
Microarchitecture	4004
Chipset	4001, 4002, 4003
Process	10 µm
Transistors	2,250
Technology	pMOS
Die	12 mm² 4 mm × 3 mm
Word Size	4 bit
Cores	1
Threads	1
Max Address Mem	4 kB
Electrical
Power dissipation	1 W
Vcore	15 V ± 5%
Tstorage	-55 °C – 125 °C
Tambient	0 °C – 70 °C

The Intel 4004 was released by Intel Corporation in 1971 and was the first commercially available microprocessor. The 4004 was a 4-bit CPU, designed for use in the Busicom 141-PF printing calculator. The chip, which is clocked at 740 KHz, employs a 10µm process silicon-gate, capable of executing 92,000 instructions per second. The chip was capable of accessing 4KB of program memory and 640 bytes of RAM. The 4004 was part of the Intel MCS-4 system.

The microprocessor had a limited architecture, such as: only a 3-levels deep stack, a complex memory access scheme, and no interrupt support. In 1974 Intel released an enhanced version of the chip called the 4040.

Variations

A National Semiconductor version of the 4004, INS4004J

Three primary source variations were produced by Intel: C4004, D4004 and the P4004. The Intel C4004 was the first chip to be manufactured; it had the gray traces visible on the white ceramic package itself. The C4004 was produced up until mid 1976, when production for the Intel D4004 began. The D4004 had a plastic, black ceramic package. The Intel P4004 is the plastic packaging version.

A couple of secondary sources exists, which has been developed by National Semiconductor and Hitachi since mid-1975. National Semiconductor produced two versions: INS4004J and INS4004D. The INS4004J is a 16-pin black, ceramic DIP, while the INS4004D version is a 16-pin side-brazed, ceramic DIP. The other source was the HD35404 made by Hitachi. A third source was Microsystems International which actually manufactured an enhanced version of the chip since mid 1970 (also introduced in 1971).

Manufacturer	Model	Package
Intel	C4004	16-pin Ceramic DIP
Intel	D4004	16-pin Ceramic DIP
Intel	P4004	16-pin Plastic DIP
National Semiconductor	INS4004D	16-pin Ceramic DIP
National Semiconductor	INS4004J	16-pin side-brazed Ceramic DIP
Hitachi	HD35404	16-pin DIP
Microsystems International	MF7114	?

Pinout

Pinout diagram of the Intel 4004

The 4004 has 16 pins that are used for i/o, memory controller, clock phases, power and reset.

Pinout & Description

Pin #	Pin Name	Purpose	Explanation
1	D0	Bidirectional data bus pins	Address and data communication to the ROM and RAM occurs on D0-D3.
2	D1
3	D2
4	D3
5	Vss	Main Supply
6	Clock Phase 1	Clock inputs
7	Clock Phase 2
8	Sync	ROM & RAM Sync	Synchronizes the ROM and RAM by signaling the clock is on the rising edge.
9	Reset	Reset flag	A logic 1 clears all processor status registers and forces the program counter to jump to address 0x0. The RESET signal must be on for at least 64 clock cycles in order to take effect.
10	Test	Test logic state	Signal can be tested via the JCN instruction.
11	CM-ROM	CM-ROM output	ROM selection signal used to retrieve data from memory.
12	VDD	VSS -15±5%
13	CM-RAM3	CM-RAM outputs	Bank selection signal for the 4002 RAM chips in the system.
14	CM-RAM2
15	CM-RAM1
16	CM-RAM0

Designers

Lead designers for the 4004 are:

• Ted Hoff
• Federico Faggin
• Stan Mazor
• Masatoshi Shim

Die Shot

• 10 µm process
• pMOS transistors
• 2,250 transistors
• 12 mm² die