Busicom

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The 4004-based Busicom calculator next to an 4004-powered MCS-4 single-board computer in Ueno, Tokyo

Busicom (Nippon Calculating Machine Corp changed its name to Business Computer Corporation) was a Japanese company that owned the rights to the first microprocessor but sold them back to Intel. They made electronic calculators and the first using the new Intel 4004 processor was the Busicom 141-PF^[1]

Due to a recession in Japan in 1974, Busicom became the first major Japanese company in the calculator industry to fail.

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.cpu-museum.com/4004_e.htm#Busicom%20141-PF Busicom 141-FP

[edit] See also

• Intel 4004

[edit] External links

• Busicom history
• Busicom Business Machines
• Busicom Corp / Nippon Calculating Machine Corp
• Agreement between Intel & NCM

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