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Article #7624Re: "Name These Chips"
From: Rob Finley
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 1990 21:50
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 1990 21:50
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In article <1990Oct5.152413.24200@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
>In article <4083@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
>>> Intel D3002 - 4 bit Microprocessor Slice (ALU)
>>
>> That's probably what it is.
>
>Amazing, a chance to catch Larry out on something! :-) It's a *two*-bit
>microprocessor slice. Intel decided that having more buses on a small
>package was worth doubling the number of chips for a given system. The
>market generally disagreed and those chips weren't too successful.
My favorite was the Motorola 1-bit cpu chip. Don't remember too many
details except an 8085 was cheaper. They did have an app note where
it controled traffic signals. Hmm. Wonder how it did that... B-).
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