Four-Phase Systems AL1 Hasitha Helappriya January 08, 2011The Four-Phase Systems AL1 was an 8-bit bit slice chip containing eight registers and an ALU It was designed by Lee Boysel in 1969 At the... Continue Reading
Gilbert Hyatt Hasitha Helappriya January 07, 2011Gilbert Hyatt was awarded a patent claiming an invention pre-dating both TI and Intel, describing a "microcontroller". The patent ... Continue Reading
CADC Hasitha Helappriya January 06, 2011 In 1968, Garrett AiResearch (which employed designers Ray Holt and Steve Geller) was invited to produce a digital computer to compete wit... Continue Reading
Pico/General Instrument Hasitha Helappriya January 05, 2011In 1971 Pico Electronics and General Instrument (GI) introduced their first collaboration in ICs, a complete single chip calculator IC for... Continue Reading