“集成电子学的新时代来临了……在一块芯片上可制成一台可编程的计算机。”这是在1971年11月15日《电子新闻》上刊登的Intel公司为推销4004微处理器的一则广告。这种新型微处理器设计精巧,堪称一重大突破,但是当初没有人知道它有什么用途。然而,两年以后,人们清楚了:马西安E.(台德)·霍夫(Marcian E.(Ted)Hoff)发明的微处理器引起了计算机工业翻天覆地的变化。查尔斯·巴贝奇的巨型Mill机现在被缩小到了微观世界之中。 “A new era for integrated electronics is here ... making a programmable computer on a single chip.” This is an announcement by Intel Corp. on the Electronic News on November 15, 1971, to sell the 4004 Microprocessor An advertisement The new Microprocessor was designed to be a smash hit, but no one knew what it was for. However, two years later, it became clear that the microprocessor invented by Marcian E. (Ted) Hoff caused a dramatic change in the computing industry. Charles Babbage’s giant Mill machine is now being reduced to the micro-world.