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Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore incorporate N M Electronics, which is soon renamed Intel Corporation.
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DRAM = Dynamic Random Access Memory
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Intel introduces the world's first microprocessor and goes public. The Intel 4004 was their first Microprocessor. 2,300 transistors
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It was the first truly general purpose microprocessor. For $360, Intel sold a whole computer on one chip, while conventional computers sold for thousands of dollars.
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IBM chose the 8008, the 8086's 8-bit cousin, for its personal computer in 1980
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The fifth generation chip, the Pentium, debuts.
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Company introduces the Pentium II microprocessor.
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Added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. And the release of the Pentium III Processor
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First microprocessor with a 1- gigahertz clock speed
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max clock speed of 3.33 Mhz
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Cost: 7.68 Billion!
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