On Sun, 6 May 2001, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
> On Sun, 6 May 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
> > My guess is that 68000 as a name had a lot to do with adding a zero to 6800.
>
> I have been told several times that the 4004 was named after being the
> equivalent of 4004 transistors. I don't believe that. But what WAS the
> origin of the name?
I have notes on this somewhere. In fact, I posted about this to BACCL
after my meeting with Ted Hoff in 1998. It was basically just the number
the marketing folks at Intel assigned to it. I believe the part number
being 4004 and the microprocessor being a 4-bitter was sheer coincidence.
I could go back and find the message if it's of that much interest.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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