4-bit computing: Difference between revisions

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== History ==
[[File:Alps remote control BHR970001B - NEC D63GS-7525.jpg|thumb|20-pin PSOP - NEC D63GS: a 4-bit microcontroller for [[infrared remote control]] transmission]]
[[File:Intel C4004 greytraces CPU.jpg|thumb|left|16-pin DIP - Intel C4004]]
[[File:Olympia CD700 Desktop Calculator. 1971.Microprogrammable Arithmetic Processor System Devices (MAPS).jpg|thumb|Olympia CD700 Desktop Calculator using the National Semiconductor MAPS MM570X [[bit-serial]] 4-bit microcontroller]]
[[File:Alps remote control BHR970001B-7517.jpg|thumb|left|Infrared remote control PCB - an [[infrared remote control]] transmitter controlled by a NEC D63GS 4-bit microcontroller]]
 
A 4-bit processor may seem limited, but it is a good match for calculators, where each decimal digit fits into four bits.<ref name="Shirriff_TMS1000" />
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* [[Intel 4040]] (discontinued 1981)
* [[TMS 1000]] (the first high-volume commercial microcontroller, from 1974, after Intel 4004; now discontinued<!-- for sure, and when?-->)
* [[Atmel]] [[MARC4]] core<ref name="Atmel_MARC4_Image" /><ref name="Atmel_MARC4_Product" /> (discontinued because of <!--Reason for EOL: -->Low demand. "Last ship date: 7 March 2015"<ref name="Atmel_EOL" />)
* [[Samsung]] S3C7 (KS57 Series) 4-bit microcontrollers (RAM: 512 to 5264 nibbles, 6&nbsp;MHz clock)
* [[Toshiba]] [[TLCS-47]] series
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== See also ==
* [[GMC-4]]
* [[Hitachi HD44780 LCD controller]]
* Intel's [[Low Pin Count|LPC]] (low-pin-count) bus/interface for 4-bit communication
** Its successor for modern computers, Intel's [[Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface]] (eSPI), allows 1-bit, 2-bit, orand 4-bit communication
 
== References ==