Developments in Processors

Moore's Law

1965

Moore's law is that the transistors in chips are doubled in every two years. Gordon E' Moore had predicted that the process will go for 10 years in 1965.

First Generation of Processors

Period: 1971 to 1972

The era of the first generation came which brought microprocessors like INTEL 4004 Rockwell international PPS-4 INTEL 8008 etc.
This 4-bit processor could perform simple arithmetic and logical operations and had a clock speed of 740 kHz

Second Generation of Processors

Period: 1973 to 1978

The second generation saw the development of 8-bit microprocessors. Notable examples include the Intel 8085 and Motorola 6800. The Intel 8085, introduced in 1976, had a clock speed of 3 MHz and could address 64 KB of memory.