Microprocessor

• The microprocessor was invented in 1971 by Mauchly-Eckert Computer Company?
• The microprocessor changed the history of computers because until then computers had been huge and unwieldy. The microprocessor allowed computers to shrink in size, but also grow in speed. It allowed personal computers to be mass produced. Microprocessors are used in all computers.
• The Intel 4040 microprocessor was the successor to the Intel 4004 (the original microprocessor).
• Interesting Fact: Viatron Computer Systems introduced microprocessors.