[ih] Intel 4004 vs the IMP

[Toerless Eckert]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 07:19:15PM -0800, Tony Li via Internet-history wrote:
> Even the DSP was insufficient, so it was assisted by additional FPGA based
> processing and then (after a major wrong turn) things transitioned to an ASIC
> based forwarding architecture.

Wrong turn = 7200/7500 CPU forwarding ?

> Microprocessors for all of their benefits have never been sufficient. More silicon has
> always been a fundamental requirement.
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