The advent of microcomputers in the 1970s has dramatically changed our society. Since then, microprocessors have been made almost exclusively from silicon, but the ever-increasing demand for higher ...

You’d think that the 8086 microprocessor, a 40-year-old chip with a mere 29,000 transistors on board that kicked off the 16-bit PC revolution, would have no more tales left to tell. But as [Ken ...

The 1982 documentary Information Revolution explores the rapid transformation of society through the rise of microcomputers, satellites, and global data networks. It highlights how a tiny silicon chip ...