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Intel built the 4004 — the first programmable microprocessor

Intel created the 4004 microprocessor. The company timeline shows major chip breakthroughs but not today's stock activity.

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Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore started Intel

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4004 — the world's first programmable microprocessor

bar_chartMemory milestone

1103 DRAM helped make semiconductors the memory standard

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IPO, first company facility and international manufacturing growth

4004Model name of first programmable microprocessor

Based on a report by timeline.intel.com, Intel was founded by Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore and introduced the 4004, the world's first electronically programmable microprocessor.

The timeline also records the 1103 DRAM establishing semiconductors as the memory standard, early processors like the 8080 and 8086, and rapid manufacturing and international expansion.

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Who founded Intel?expand_more

Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore founded Intel.

What was Intel's first programmable microprocessor?expand_more

The 4004, described as the world's first electronically programmable microprocessor.

Did Intel release an early DRAM product?expand_more

Yes. The 1103 DRAM established semiconductors as the memory standard.

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