Counting the amazing 25 microchip designs that shock the world (graphic)

Microchip design is sometimes just like our life, sometimes small things will slowly accumulate and become a great thing. Design a clever microcircuit and then engrave it on a piece of silicon. A little masterpiece of yours could trigger a technological revolution. This happened on the Intel 8088 processor. The Mostek MK4096 4Kbit Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) and Texas Instruments' TMS32010 digital signal processor have also revolutionized the technology.

In the half century that integrated circuits dominated, many outstanding microchips were born in incredible people, but only a small part of them became the best among them. Their design proved to be so advanced, so avant-garde, so advanced that we had to create more technical terms to describe them. We can even say that they bring us the technology to make life simple, without them our life will become tedious.

Counting the amazing 25 microchip designs that shock the world (graphic)

We have compiled a list of 25 integrated circuits (ICs) here. In the buildings built by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce, the two are the inventors of integrated circuits, we believe they should be recognized as the best. Some of them have become immortal monuments in the history of chip development. Such as the SigneTIcs NE555 timer from the company. Some of them have become examples of design in textbooks, such as Fairchild Semiconductor's Fairchild 741 operational amplifier. Some of them have sold billions of dollars and are still selling, such as Microchip's PIC microcontrollers. A very small part of them has created a new market, such as Toshiba's flash memory. Among them, at least one has become an annoying thing in popular culture. Question: What processor can power the bad robot Bender, the drunkard and the smoker in the American animated series "Futurama". The answer is: Mosstek's MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor.

Of course, this list will certainly be controversial. Some people may accuse us of being free and too verbose (this is not the first time someone has accused us of this). Why is Intel's 8088 microprocessor instead of 4004 (the first microprocessor released by Intel) or 8080 (Intel's most famous microprocessor)? What was the position of the military-grade RCA 1802 processor, which was once the brain of many space shuttles?

You should understand one thing in the introduction, that is, the author, the author's trusted source, and several editors of IEEE Spectrum magazine have compiled the list after several weeks of arguments. We are not prepared to put every microchip that has achieved commercial success or major technological improvements into the list. In addition, those micro-chips that are well-designed but have only five people who design them are not on our list. We only focus on microchips that are proven to be unique, fascinating and amazing. The various microchips on our income list are designed by both large companies and small companies. Some of these companies have a long history and some are newly established. Most importantly, we collect microchips that affect many people's lives. These microchips are part of a shocking device that symbolizes the development of technology and is delightful.

For each microchip, we will use the introduction of engineers and executives who designed them to illustrate their design experience and why they were innovated. Since we are not a member of the IEEE Annals of the History of CompuTIng, we do not sort the 25 microchips in chronological order, by type or importance. In the article we just randomly list the 25 microchips in the order we think it is easy to read. Please note that the chronological order of the 25 microchips in the article is confusing.

In addition, we also asked some outstanding technical experts about their favorite microchips. We even want to know which ICs are special in the minds of Dr. Gordon Moore, founder of Intel Corporation, and Mr. Morris Chang, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. significance.

We also want to know what you think. Are you angry that we don't have the microchip you expect on our list? Then take a few deep breaths, soak a cup of chrysanthemum tea, and then join us in the discussion.

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