[CCTALK] Re:transistor counts again

From: Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Thu May 16 19:31:06 2002

Tothwolf wrote:
>
> On Thu, 16 May 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
>
> > > I read many moons ago that Intel at that time could not package
> > > a chip with more than 16 pins, until the 8080. That was a
> >
> > I thought the 8008 had 18 pins, and that predated the 8080.
> >
> > For that matter, the 4040 had 24 pins, as did the 1702 EPROM. I am not
> > sure whether those came out before the 8080, though.
>
> The 8008 does have 18 pins. I have a tube of 6 of them in front of me
> right now.

I forgot about the 1702 EPROM. But the point is only with the 8080
did they go to the larger 40 pin packaging. Nodays a 40 pin package
is considered tiny.
Received on Thu May 16 2002 - 19:31:06 BST