The First CPU is 40 Years Old Today
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Not the first CPU but certainly the first multipurpose consumer grade one 
Is there any difference between a C4004 and a P4004 other than the use of ceramic and plastic respectively?
jerrin_ss5
Never give up!!
oh technology has surely come a long way from 4004 , 8086 and now to the ultra gen .. CPU's
Lol i want a 4004 chip
avichandana20000
Cyborg Agent
that cpu is of my age LOL.
coderunknown
Retired Forum Mod
Just think what people think about today's top end processors after 40 more years.
we mayn't have any processor after 20yrs. most will be converted to SOC by then. forget 40yrs.
AcceleratorX
Youngling
Personally, I think the market is heading for a slowdown because micro-manufacturing techniques are not catching up to the speed of circuit designs. As the process node for fabrication grows smaller and smaller, more issues are coming up. We need a change in design paradigm, ARM offers a hope for CPUs but it's just a stop gap solution. The current methods of scaling faster and higher user VLSI paradigms will only last as long as parasitic problems don't overshadow the functionality of the process node.
We will see in 10 years time what slows down and what proceeds faster........
We will see in 10 years time what slows down and what proceeds faster........
skeletor
Chosen of the Omnissiah
Agreed.
guru_urug
iGoogle
Lolz no comment on my pics?
Whats the oldest CPU u have? We could have a vintage showcase thread
Anyhow
I agree that as the fabrication process is gonna shrink the number of problems and stabilty of computation as we currently know it is gonna go haywire. Maybe a switchover to graphene is due? But in its current research state graphene cant completely replace silicon, coz graphene transistors do not have a completely off state so the on-off ratio is small. But if someday researchers do manage to replace silicon with graphene then there will be no limits to minituarization in fab process. Also cpu frequencies of 300+GHz can be achieved!!
Quantum Computing if realized can also help solve these problems.
It just needs one invention to completely transform the way we look at computers, just think before the transistor....computers were huge bulky devices and within 2 years of the transistors invention that perception was history!! One scientific breakthrough is required thats all. I have full faith that some genius somewhere is working on the problems
Whats the oldest CPU u have? We could have a vintage showcase thread
Anyhow
I agree that as the fabrication process is gonna shrink the number of problems and stabilty of computation as we currently know it is gonna go haywire. Maybe a switchover to graphene is due? But in its current research state graphene cant completely replace silicon, coz graphene transistors do not have a completely off state so the on-off ratio is small. But if someday researchers do manage to replace silicon with graphene then there will be no limits to minituarization in fab process. Also cpu frequencies of 300+GHz can be achieved!!
Quantum Computing if realized can also help solve these problems.
It just needs one invention to completely transform the way we look at computers, just think before the transistor....computers were huge bulky devices and within 2 years of the transistors invention that perception was history!! One scientific breakthrough is required thats all. I have full faith that some genius somewhere is working on the problems
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