Instead of making chips for very specific purposes, it designed a processor that could be used in any scenario. Launched as the Intel 8080, it would go on to be recognised as the world's first ...

The Intel 8080A chip, introduced in 1974, is widely regarded by engineers as the first commercially viable general-purpose ...

From the consumer space it often would appear as if Intel’s CPU making history is pretty much a straight line from the 4004 to the 8080, 8088 and straight into the era of Pentiums and Cores.

Should Uncle Sam ever need a crate of the Intel 8080 from 1974 for example, Rochester Electronics can oblige. Thus when we’re looking for the oldest CPUs, it’s those available from regular ...