Intel 8080A Microprocessor
date: label: date made
content: 1983-05
name: label: maker
content: Intel Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: location of prior holder
content: United States: California, Santa Clara
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Science & Mathematics
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from INTEL Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0124.04
label: accession number
content: 1984.0124
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0124.04
label: maker number
content: 8080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microprocessor
label: Object Name
content: integrated circuit
label: Other Terms
content: microprocessor; Solid State Devices
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silicon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/16 in x 2 in x 5/8 in; .79375 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.5875 cm