This was the first general-purpose microprocessor. It was designed to be the…

2013

This was the first general-purpose microprocessor. It was designed to be the CPU of a general-purpose microcomputer. It was faster, had a richer instruction set, and a larger addressing capability. Which microprocessor are we discussing?

  1. A.

    4004

  2. B.

    8008

  3. C.

    8080

  4. D.

    All of these

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Correct answer: A

Intel introduced the first commercial microprocessor in 1971—the 4-bit Intel 4004. It is regarded as the first general-purpose microprocessor.

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