Object Details
- Intel Corporation
- Description
- Intel introduced its 8080A 8-bit central processing unit (CPU) microprocessor in April 1974. Generally considered as the first truly usable microprocessor, the chip ran at 2 megahertz and powered the Altair 8800 and the IMSAI 8080, two of the first Personal Computers. Housed in a 40-pin DIP package that contained 6,000 transistors, the integrated circuit could receive 8-bit instructions and perform 16-bit operations. This particular example is marked "8321"indicating it was made in the 21st week of 1983. The "D8080A" means the unit has a housing of black ceramic.
- Credit Line
- from INTEL Corporation
- 1983-05
- ID Number
- 1984.0124.04
- accession number
- 1984.0124
- catalog number
- 1984.0124.04
- maker number
- 8080
- Object Name
- microprocessor
- integrated circuit
- Other Terms
- microprocessor; Solid State Devices
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- silicon (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5/16 in x 2 in x 5/8 in; .79375 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.5875 cm
- location of prior holder
- United States: California, Santa Clara
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Computers & Business Machines
- American Enterprise
- Science & Mathematics
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_713498
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-4d60-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
