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Federico Faggin ( Italian pronunciation: [fedeˈriːko fadˈdʒin], Venetian: [faˈdʒiŋ]; born 1 December 1941) is an Italian-American physicist, engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. He is best known for designing the first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004.
THE STORY OF FEDERICO AND ELVIA FAGGIN SO FAR. Federico Faggin was born in Vicenza. (1, december 1941) 1944. Federico’s parents, Emma and Giuseppe, with Giorgio (left) and Federico, at Isola Vicentina. Federico at 14 with a contest model plane designed and built by him. 1956. 1961
In Fairchild 3708, he creates MOS IC technology with silicon gate. At Intel, Federico Faggin designed the world’s first microprocessor, the Intel 4004. Magnification of the initials of Federico Faggin (F.F.) on the 4004. Faggin receives the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, from President Obama.
Federico Faggin shares his fascinating journey through the ages, from being born in war-time Italy to living the American dream as he became the renown physicist, serial entrepreneur, designer of the first microprocessors and inventor of devices we still use everyday such as the touchscreen and touchpad.
Jan 8, 2018 · The Intel 4004 is renowned as the world’s first commercial microprocessor. Project leader and designer of the 4004, Federico Faggin, retraces the steps leading to its invention.
Together, four engineers (Dr. Faggin, Dr. Hoff, Mr. Mazor and Dr. Shima) developed the world’s first microprocessor, the 4004. The four pioneers demonstrated that by integrating a few semiconductor chips, a microcomputer could be created which could perform a wide variety of functions.
May 29, 2024 · Federico Faggin was born in Vicenza, Italy, in 1941. He received his doctorate (Laurea) in physics from the University of Padua (1965). He began working at SGS Fairchild in Italy, where he developed their first MOS process technology and their first integrated circuits (ICS).
Federico Faggin. For the conception, design and application of the first microprocessor, which was commercially adopted and became the universal building block of digital electronic systems, significantly impacting the global economy and people’s day-to-day lives.
Jan 8, 2024 · Federico Faggin is a physicist, inventor, and entrepreneur. Born, raised, and educated in Italy, he immigrated to the US in 1968. He is credited with designing the world’s first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004 in 1971, and he went on to invent dozens of other integrated circuits.
Federico Faggin joined the MOS group at Intel in 1970 as principal designer and leader of the team that designed the first microprocessor after having developed the key methodology for random logic design using silicon gate.
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