Re: Intel 4004 -50th Birthday (Was 15th Nov 2021)
Yes, it was the Champ. Looking at the following (oct 77) edition it appears the 9 main ICs required were being sold for £49 (it required a dozen or so other TTL chips) which considering the same issue advertises the 8080 for £10 (which would require support chips though) or the SC/MP for £13 shows it wasn't a "cheap" option. I suspect that the time taken to develop the system and prepare the article for publication may have been long enough for technology to overtake them, considering the pace of change at the time
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