I know, it's kind of old news, very old indeed
but I found this article about microprocessor history very interesting. Maybe you'll like it too:
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/pa-microhist.html?ca=dgr-lnxw01MicroHistory
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/pa-microhist.html?ca=dgr-lnxw01MicroHistory