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Problems with this article[edit]

While the additional information on this article is welcomed, there are now a number of problems with it. Please remember this is a factual encyclopaedia, not a hyped product brochure.

There is no explanation in the first sentence about what Busicom actually is. Is it a company, a project, a product, a shop, a political party, an elephant?
Apart from being uncited, Peacock terms such as "famous in the computer industry" tell the reader nothing useful and shouldn't be in the lead.
"demanding the impossible from Intel's engineers" - meaningless marketing speak. Who says it was impossible? If it was impossible, how was it managed?
"they forced them to invent the first microprocessor" - forced??? Did they hold them at gun point? Threaten their families?
"Intel announced the availability of the first microprocessor chipset family (all from the busicom design) to the world with an add in Electronic news" - That's announcing to the world as opposed to announcing it to ... where? The moon? And its an advert, sometimes shortened to "ad". An "add" is meaningless.

"Add" is the form used in an alternative, unofficial written dialect distinguished by consensus-[mis]spelling in which, for instance, "alot" is considered to be a word. That dialect shouldn't be used in Wikipedia. Nikevich (talk) 04:44, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Unlike the two other contenders for first microprocessor" - uncited original research.

Please see added comment below. Nikevich (talk) 04:44, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"was immediately available to anybody with a check book and a desire to invent." - meaningless blurb and poor tone. What's the difference between it being available, and "immediately available"? Were those without a "desire to invent" refused it?
"The rest is computer history" - Poor tone and totally unhelpful. What rest is "history"? In whose opinion?

--Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 19:53, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The first IC microprocessor[edit]

Unfortunately, I've lost my reference*, but Four-Phase Systems built a number of complete computers based on a chip set designed by Lee Boysel. He put the design into the public domain. F.P.S. did several $billion in business using those computers, before the 4004 was announced (and, probably, even developed). The Intel 4004 was only the first microprocessor that was essentially contained in a single chip. *It was an insert into a trade magazine on the 25th anniversary of the first IC, as well as I can remember. ("25" is reliable.) Intel's P.R. has, in a sense, misled many people.

I could be encouraged to re-write this article (^_^). Regards, Nikevich (talk) 04:44, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]