February 6, 2008: Two Billion Transistors

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Originally Posted by Bitman

"Only"?? The original 8086 that kicked off the personal computer revolution had 29000 transistors. This quad Itanium is like an 8086 squared.

Non-editor's note: the 8086 was not used in PCs. 8088 was used. The personal computer revolution was pioneered by the 8080 in products such as the Altair 8080. Microprocessors starting with the 4004. 80186 was supposed to appear in the PC Jr but quashed by ignorant IBM management. 80286 - the first 16 bit IO personal computer. Then many who are now in the Cellar were born.