Talk:Busicom

Problems with this article
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)


 * "Unlike the two other contenders for first microprocessor" - uncited original research.
 * Please see added comment below. Nikevich (talk) 04:44, 27 March 2011 (UTC)


 * "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)

The first IC microprocessor
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)