In two months, Intel, the world's first chip giant, and the founder of the x86 architecture, will be 50 years old. For Intel and the entire semiconductor industry, this is undoubtedly a brilliant half century.
Today, Intel's various products dominate the world, especially microprocessors, but do you know what Intel's first product was in history?
Not a CPU processor but A SRAM static random access memory, model '3101', was born in April 1969, 9 months after the founding of Intel Corporation.
Just like this:
At the beginning of its establishment, Intel was fully engaged in R&D. It hoped to develop a new technology instead of following the beaten track. In order to develop the first product as quickly as possible, Intel bought three technologies at the same time:
One is Bipolar memoryTechnology is already there, but it is difficult to develop it again; the second is Silicon gate metal-oxide semiconductor memory, can bring a chip revolution, but must be invented from scratch; Multichip memory, Four small memory chips are connected together, bulky and fragile but very cheap.
Intel's plan is which one can be matured quickly and which product it will be made. As a result, the bipolar memory will win. The finished product will be a 3101, 64-bit structure, and its speed will be double that of previous products.
3101 kernel photos
At the time, giant giant Honeywell announced plans to purchase a 64-bit SRAM. Whoever did it would buy fierce competition from memory vendors. Intel is one of them.
Although 3101 was not finally adopted, Intel took a solid first step, rising in Silicon Valley.
3101 kernel photos
And Intel is also the world’s first microprocessor 4004, which was two and a half years later. It was exactly November 15, 1971.
In April 1970, Gordon Moore and Robert Neuss founder laid the foundation for Intel SC1 headquarters.
Intel SC1 headquarters in Santa Clara, Silicon Valley
Intel’s first group of 106 employees, the top two are Neuss and Moore
Intel Clean Room Early Photo
Busicom 141-PF Desktop Calculator with Intel 4004 Processor
Landmark Pentium
