Date invented Late 1960s/Early 1970s
Connects to Printed circuit boards via sockets, soldering, or other methods.
Architectures PowerPC, x86, x86-64, and many others
Common manufacturers AMD, Analog Devices, Atmel, Cypress, Fairchild, Fujitsu, Hitachi, IBM, Infineon, Intel, Intersil, ITT, Maxim, Microchip, Mitsubishi, MOS Technology, Motorola, National, NEC, NXP (Philips), OKI, Renesas, Samsung, Sharp, Siemens, Signetics, STM, Synertek, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, TSMC, UMC, Winbond, Zilog, and others.