computing."(/cn71898a.htm).The 4004 microprocessor set was introduced near the end of 1971. "Smaller than a thumbnail and packing 2300 transistors, the $200 chip delivered as much computing power as the first electronic computer, ENIAC. By comparison, ENIAC relied on 18,000 vacuum tubes packed into 3,000 cubic feet when it was built in 1946. The 4004 executed 60,000 operations in one second, primitive by today's standards, but a major breakthrough at the time."."(/cn71898a.htm). Directly after the 4004, Intel introduced the 8008 microprocessor, which processed eight bits of information at a time, twice as much as the original chip. This technological break-through put microprocessors everywhere, from fast food restaurants to airport control towers. Yet no one had thought of the personal computer, until; Intel Chairman Emeritus Moore remembers, "In the mid-1970s, someone came to me with an idea for what was basically the PC. The idea was that we could outfit an 8080 processor with a keyboard and a monitor and sell it in the home market. I asked, 'What's it good for?' And the only answer was that a housewife could keep her recipes on it. I personally didn't see anything useful in it, so we never gave it another thought."Intel decided that they would try to become the processor-manufacture for IBM. They received some static at first, but eventually; Intel's long-term commitment to the microprocessor product line and ability to produce in large masses convinced IBM to choose the 8088 chip processor for the first personal computer. Intel was thrilled at the thought, but had no idea the PC would become so popular. The Intel sales engineer who worked with IBM on the project recalled, "At the time, a great account was one that generated 10,000 units a year. Nobody comprehended the scale of the PC business would grow to tens of millions of units every year."."(/cn71898a.htm)In 1982, Intel introduced the 286 chip. With 134,000 transistors, i...
