Exposition
Technological Evolution
Integrated Circuits
( 1958 ) Microprocessors y Microcomputers
J. Kilby y R. Noyce developed the first integrated circuit in 1958. But it was not until 1965 that the first computers incorporating this technological innovation were released.
The logic gates, registers and other digital subsystems and assemblies of these systems were built into a single component.
The microprocessor concept actually refers to the design of a computer’s control unit, arithmetic logic unit and registers as a single component.
Intel 4004, built in 1972, was the first component of this kind. The increased level of integration then led to the manufacture of devices incorporating all or part of the main memory and peripheral control input/output facilities, as well as the CPU.
These devices are called microcomputers.