Title:
Intel® 8080 Microprocessor Package, 1974
Creator:
Intel Corporation
Subject:
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor packages;
Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor
wafers; Technology;
Description:
Color slide of the Intel® 8080 microprocessor package. Clock speed: 2 MHz.
Transistor Count: 4,500. Chip Performance: 29 (64) MIPS (millions of instructions per
second). Circuit Line Size: 4.5 microns. Bus width: 8 bits. Addressable memory: 64
Kbytes. The 8080 microprocessor was etched on 3-inch silicon wafers. The 8080 became the
brains of the first personal computer--the Altair, allegedly named for a destination of
the Starship Enterprise from the Star Trek television show. Computer hobbyists could
purchase a kit for the Altair for $395. Within months, it sold tens of thousands,
creating the first PC back orders in history.
Publisher:
Intel Museum Archives
Contributor:
Intel Microprocessor Packages
Date:
1974 1974
Type:
35 mm. col. slide (source for scanned image)
Format:
16 x 24 cm.
Identifier:
cstcli 14-4-11
Source:
lcsh, local
Language:
eng
Relation:
Silicon Valley History Online
Coverage:
ark:/13030/kt1q2nc3j6
Rights:
Copyright ©Intel Corporation 1974. All Rights Reserved. Transmission and
reproduction of a single copy of this work for non-commercial use in research or
teaching in the United States is permitted if Intel is credited as the source of the
work. The work must remain intact, as a complete whole and may not be combined with any
other image or work to create a new document. Copyright ©Intel Corporation 1974. All
Rights Reserved. Transmission and reproduction of a single copy of this work for
non-commercial use in research or teaching in the United States is permitted if Intel is
credited as the source of the work. The work must remain intact, as a complete whole and
may not be combined with any other image or work to create a new document.