The Intel 8008 (" eight-thousand-eight " or " eighty-oh-eight ") is an early 8-bit microprocessor capable of addressing 16 KB of memory, introduced in April 1972. The 8008 architecture was designed by …

The Intel 8008 was the first 8-bit programmable microprocessor and only the second microprocessor from Intel. The 8008 was initially developed as part of a contract project for another company, but its …

Mar 28, 2024 · Intel's groundbreaking 8008 microprocessor was produced over 50 years ago, the ancestor of the x86 processor family that you may be using right now.

Jun 29, 2025 · The 8008 was a chip architecture that Computer Terminal Corp. (later renamed Datapoint Corp.) requested that intel (and Texas Instruments) build. At the time, CTC was intel's largest …

Sep 7, 2025 · Developed by Intel and introduced on April 1, 1972, the 8008 was used in microcomputers, dumb terminals, calculators, and bottling machines. The 8008 was available in …

The history of Intel’s 8008 processor. Insight into the x86 architecture. Lasting legacy with modern applications.

A: The 8008 is the world’s first 8-bit microprocessor and it opened the market for simple table-top computers and other user-programmable machines. The personal computer can arguably be traced …

Even though the 8008 was launched on year after the Intel 4004 and having a similar naming, the 8008 is not based on the 4004 design. There were two assembly language instruction sets published for …

They already had pretty much decided to use it, and the reason why the 8008 was restarted in January, as opposed to being simply abandoned because Datapoint was not interested in it anymore, was that …

Mar 7, 2022 · That microprocessor was the 8-bit Intel 8008. The stories of these two processors intertwine in many ways, and they’re independent in others. Like the Intel 4004 microprocessor, an …