MCS-4
E660932
MCS-4 was Intel’s first commercial microprocessor chipset, a pioneering 4-bit microcomputer system that included the Intel 4004 CPU and its supporting chips.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Intel MCS-4 Micro Computer Set User’s Manual | 1 |
| MCS-4 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7387518 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MCS-4 Context triple: [Intel 4001, chipSetName, MCS-4]
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A.
MCS
MCS is the station code for the MediaCityUK tram stop on Greater Manchester’s Metrolink light rail network.
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B.
MCS
MCS is a scientific instrument aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that measures the Martian atmosphere’s temperature, dust, and water vapor profiles.
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C.
MCS
MCS is the Mellon College of Science, a core academic division of Carnegie Mellon University known for its programs in the natural and mathematical sciences.
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D.
MBCS
MBCS is a professional postnominal designation indicating membership in the British Computer Society, the Chartered Institute for IT.
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E.
CMCSA
CMCSA is the stock ticker symbol for Comcast Corporation, a major American telecommunications and media conglomerate.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MCS-4 Target entity description: MCS-4 was Intel’s first commercial microprocessor chipset, a pioneering 4-bit microcomputer system that included the Intel 4004 CPU and its supporting chips.
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A.
MCS
MCS is a scientific instrument aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that measures the Martian atmosphere’s temperature, dust, and water vapor profiles.
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B.
MCS
MCS is the Mellon College of Science, a core academic division of Carnegie Mellon University known for its programs in the natural and mathematical sciences.
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C.
MCS
MCS is the station code for the MediaCityUK tram stop on Greater Manchester’s Metrolink light rail network.
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D.
MBCS
MBCS is a professional postnominal designation indicating membership in the British Computer Society, the Chartered Institute for IT.
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E.
CMCSA
CMCSA is the stock ticker symbol for Comcast Corporation, a major American telecommunications and media conglomerate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
microcomputer system
ⓘ
microprocessor chipset ⓘ |
| addressBusWidth | 12-bit program addressing (via 4004) ⓘ |
| architecture |
Harvard architecture (separate program and data memory)
ⓘ
linked to:
Harvard architecture
|
| bitWidth | 4-bit ⓘ |
| category |
4-bit microprocessor family
ⓘ
early microprocessor system ⓘ |
| clockFrequency | ~740 kHz (typical for 4004) ⓘ |
| commercialStatus | first commercial microprocessor chipset by Intel ⓘ |
| controlSignals | 4-phase clocking scheme ⓘ |
| dataBusWidth | 4-bit data bus ⓘ |
| designGoal | replace custom logic with programmable processor ⓘ |
| developer |
Intel
ⓘ
linked to:
Intel Corporation
|
| documentation |
Intel MCS-4 Micro Computer Set User’s Manual
ⓘ
linked to:
MCS-4
|
| hasCentralProcessingUnit | Intel 4004 ⓘ |
| hasProgramROM | Intel 4001 ⓘ |
| hasRAM | Intel 4002 ⓘ |
| hasShiftRegister | Intel 4003 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the earliest single-chip CPU-based systems ⓘ |
| includes |
Intel 4001
ⓘ
linked to:
Intel 4001 ROM
Intel 4002 ⓘ Intel 4003 ⓘ Intel 4004 ⓘ |
| instructionCycleTime | ~10.8 µs at 740 kHz (via 4004) ⓘ |
| instructionSetType | CISC ⓘ |
| instructionSetWidth | 8-bit instructions ⓘ |
| intendedUse | embedded control applications ⓘ |
| introductionYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| logicFamily | PMOS ⓘ |
| marketedAs | Intel MCS-4 Micro Computer System ⓘ |
| marketedBy | Intel Corporation ⓘ |
| marketRegion | worldwide ⓘ |
| maxDataMemory | 640 bytes RAM (via 4002 chips) ⓘ |
| maxProgramMemory | 4 KB ROM (via 4001 chips) ⓘ |
| maxRAMChipsSupported | 16 Intel 4002 RAMs ⓘ |
| maxROMChipsSupported | 16 Intel 4001 ROMs ⓘ |
| notableApplication |
Busicom calculator systems
ⓘ
linked to:
Busicom
|
| packaging | 16-pin and 18-pin DIP packages (family dependent) ⓘ |
| powerSupply | +15 V ⓘ |
| predecessor | none (first Intel microprocessor family) ⓘ |
| successor |
Intel 8008-based systems
ⓘ
Intel MCS-8 ⓘ
linked to:
Intel 8008
|
| technologyNode | 10 µm process (approximate) ⓘ |
| usedIn |
calculators
ⓘ
simple controllers ⓘ terminals ⓘ |
| wordLength | 4 bits ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MCS-4 Description of subject: MCS-4 was Intel’s first commercial microprocessor chipset, a pioneering 4-bit microcomputer system that included the Intel 4004 CPU and its supporting chips.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Intel 4001 ROM
linked to: MCS-4