The Impact of Integrated Circuits
1958 - Jack Kilby, hired by Texas Instruments form the
University of Illinois, demonstrated the first integrated
circuit. Patent applied for in 1959 and granted in 1964.
1970 - Gilbert Hyatt patents first integrated circuit computer.
1971 - Marcian E. Hoff, Federico Faggin and Stanley Mazor create the first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004.
1974 - Intel 8080 first 8-bit microprocessor.
1976 - Zilog launched the Z80 and created a large market with an inexpensive and faster version of the 8080.
1978 - Intel launched 8086 and is first commercially successful 16-bit microprocessor.
1979 - 68000 launched by Motorola.
1985 - Intel launched i386, a very successful 32-bit processor. 3 - 4 million instructions per second.