The first general-purpose processor of the modern age came off the line today in 1971 to power a calculator. It changed the world. Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of the Intel ...

Fifty years ago this month, Intel introduced the first commercial microprocessor, the 4004. Microprocessors are tiny, general-purpose chips that use integrated circuits made up of transistors to ...

As NPR marks its 50th anniversary, we look back at an innovation that also changed the world in 1971: the unveiling of the first commercially produced microprocessor. NPR turned 50 this year. And to ...

Christopher Intagliata: Microchips are everywhere: they’re in our computers and smartphones, of course, but also TVs, thermostats, fridges, washing machines, cars. That ever growing constellation of ...

Chips are the new oil — powering everything from smartphones to satellites. And India just made a breakthrough. At Semicon ...

Introduces the microprocessor and microprocessor programming through an integrated set of experiments and related lectures. Topics include: binary, decimal, and hexadecimal numbers; the microprocessor ...

Semiconductor chips are the building blocks of modern computation. From smartphones to the vast datacentres powering the ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn and Mene Ukueberuwa. Images: Acton Institute/AP/AFP via Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly The world changed on Nov.

Computer engineers have developed a new AI method for accurately predicting the power consumption of any type of computer processor more than a trillion times per second while barely using any ...

India on Tuesday unveiled a fully indigenous 32-bit microprocessor - 'Vikram', that has been developed by, and for, the Indian Space Research Organisation - at a semiconductor industry event in Delhi.