Time since the launch of Intel's first microprocessor, the 4004

Time since the launch of Intel's first microprocessor, the 4004 (53 y)

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Time since the launch of Intel's first microprocessor, the 4004 (53 y)

  • is 1/500 of Time since first domestication of dogs (27,000 y)...more
  • is 1/200 of Time since first domestication of cattle (10,500 y)...more
  • is 1/200 of Time since first domestication of cats (10,500 y)...more
  • is 1/100 of Time since the start of the Bronze Age (5,300 y)...more
  • is 1/40 of Time since the birth of Julius Caesar (2,120 y)...more
  • is 1/40 of Time since the birth of Cleopatra (2,090 y)...more
  • is 1/4 of Time since the birth of Darwin (215 y)...more
  • is 1/4 of Time since the birth of Dickens (212 y)...more
  • is 1/4 of Time since the birth of Ada Lovelace (209 y)...more
  • is 1/2 of Time since the birth of chemist Rosalind Franklin (104 y)...more
  • is about as big as Time since first Boeing 747 entering service (54 y)...more
  • is about as big as Time since first email sent (53 y)...more

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