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What was Intel's first microprocessor?

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Intel's First Microprocessor

The 4004 was Intel's first microprocessor and the world's first single chip microprocessor.

For the first PC as we know it (the 1981 IBM PC), it was the 8088, following with 80286, 80386, 80486 and then the Pentium line.

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