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Re:Intel 4004 is announced, November 15, 1971 by kabdib on Sunday November 15, 2015 @07:12PM (#10571855)
... fits on a fingernail (minus supporting circuitry), uses a fraction of the power. And orders of magnitude less costly.

And with transistors that big, it's probably rad-hard, too. Bonus!

(The first micro I saw with a multiply instruction was the 68000, which shipped 8 years after the 4004).

Re:Intel 4004 is announced, November 15, 1971 by jacquesm on Sunday November 15, 2015 @07:23PM (#10571887)
The 6809 already had 8x8 mul.
Re:Intel 4004 is announced, November 15, 1971 by mtgx on Sunday November 15, 2015 @08:01PM (#10572031)
Are you comparing ARM with Intel now?
Re:Intel 4004 is announced, November 15, 1971 by nitrogen on Monday November 16, 2015 @12:34AM (#10572795)
Unless I'm missing something clever here, I think it's worth noting that the 68k line was from Motorola.