In 1974 National Semiconductor introduced what is arguably the first 16-bit microprocessor (it had a 8-bit mode as well which was more efficient but could run 16-bits as well). This chip was ma...
https://www.cpushack.com/2024/03/19/national-semi-pace-ins8900-test-boards/
About a year ago Mats Danielson from Stockholm Sweden contacted the CPU Shack about an interesting project, documenting the history of Philips Data Systems, a former powerhouse of European comput...
https://www.cpushack.com/2024/02/14/the-rise-and-fall-of-philips-data-systems/
In 1966, American engineer and inventor Robert Dennard invented dynamic RAM cells – single-transistor cells, each bit of information is stored in the form of an electric charge of a capacitor. ...
https://www.cpushack.com/2023/12/21/the-first-mass-produced-dram-of-the-soviet-union/
In the 1990s the ESA began a project to develop their own, open source, easily usable processor for space applications. Before this the ESA had used mainly MIL-STD-1750A processors, both Americ...
https://www.cpushack.com/2023/09/02/sparcs-in-space-the-cobham-ut700-leon3ft-processor/
This is the beginning (hopefully) of a series of articles dedicated to dead brands – computer hardware manufacturing companies, which at one time enjoyed overwhelming success, but disappeared f...
https://www.cpushack.com/2023/08/19/dead-brands-of-computing-past-soltek/
Back in 1975 the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University of Ljubljana (now the Capital of Slovenia, but back then, a city in Yugoslavia) began work with Iskra and AMI to develop an in...
https://www.cpushack.com/2023/06/13/the-4-bit-eight-bit-processor-ami-s2000-and-iskra-emz1001/
Looking for an upgrade for your Atari or Amiga? The CPU Shack now has..CPU’s for sales. Tested working, genuine full featured (FPU + MMU ) XC68060RC50A Rev 5 CPUs. Tested using a Blizzard PPC a...
https://www.cpushack.com/2023/04/12/motorola-68060-amiga-atari-processors-for-sale/
In 1971 Intel came out with the first memory that could be not only programmed by the user, but could be erased with UV light and programmed again. This was the 1701 EPROM (quickly revised into t...
https://www.cpushack.com/2023/01/19/a-history-of-the-eprom-in-the-soviet-union/
The launch by the Soviet Union of the first artificial satellite of the Earth and the first man into space was a real shock for the United States, raising the question in the eyes of the whole wo...
https://www.cpushack.com/2022/10/19/soviet-argon-11s-computers-for-space/
The socialist bloc of countries that arose after World War II was not a monolithic entity, it had significant country and cultural differences. A number of countries stood apart, one of them was ...
https://www.cpushack.com/2022/09/29/socialist-romania-computer-chips/