Geek Fact for April 22nd

By Judy Novotny / 04/22/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1991, Intel released its 486SX chip.

At $400, the 486SX chip was designed to stimulate demand in the whole spectrum of computers, from palmtop PCs to supercomputers.

Read more about the history of microprocessors at http://oz.plymouth.edu/~harding/historymicro.html

Photo: Steven White

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.