Other early multi-chip 16 - bit microprocessors include one that Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) used in the LSI - 11 OEM board set and the packaged PDP 11 / 03 minicomputer -- and the Fairchild Semiconductor MicroFlame 9440, both introduced in 1975 -- 76. In 1975, National introduced the first 16 - bit single - chip microprocessor, the National Semiconductor PACE, which was later followed by an NMOS version, the INS8900.
in which year were chips used inside the computer for the first time
1975 1975