Author: Floyd, Steven

intel and Microprocessors

What does a microprocessor do (you may need to research a little online)?

Use the timeline on the intel website to answer the following questions.
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/history/historic-timeline.html
What was intel's first product? What year was it released?
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What was the name of intel's first microprocessor? What year was it released?
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What was the name of intel's first 8 bit microprocessor? What year?
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What is a bunny suit? How and why is it used?
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What are two things that used the 8080 chip? How many transistors were in the 8080?
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What is the name of the first computer in which the 8080 was used?
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Check out this video: Do you recognize that guy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqAg0GJLPGk
In what year was teh 8086 released?
In 1981, what intel processor was chosen for the very popular IBM computer?

In 1982 people really started buying personal computers. What chip as used and how many transistors did it have?

What year was the 386 released? How many bits, how many transistors?

In what year was the i860 processor released, with 1 million transistors?

In what year was the Pentium chip released? How many transistors? What was its speed?

In 1998 the Celeron and Pentium II XEON processors were released. Which was created for cheaper computers?

In what year was the Pentium 4 chip released? How many transistors? What was its speed?

In what year was the Centrino chip released? What did it deliver?

In what year did Apple decide to use intel chips in its Macintosh computers?