Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoThe MP944 was the ‘real’ world’s first microprocessor, but it was top secret for nearly 30 years — F-14 Tomcat's chip lived in the shadow of the Intel 4004, but was eight times fasterwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down12 cross-posted to: retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orghardware@programming.dev
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkThe MP944 was the ‘real’ world’s first microprocessor, but it was top secret for nearly 30 years — F-14 Tomcat's chip lived in the shadow of the Intel 4004, but was eight times fasterwww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink cross-posted to: retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orghardware@programming.dev
minus-squaremirshafielinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoThings can be commercially viable apart from thd general consumer market though. Hospitals, banks, manufacturing plants, research institutions et.c. might put up money that no one else could for niche gear.
minus-squareCovfefeKills@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoYea like quantum computers and fighter jet chips.
Things can be commercially viable apart from thd general consumer market though. Hospitals, banks, manufacturing plants, research institutions et.c. might put up money that no one else could for niche gear.
Yea like quantum computers and fighter jet chips.