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Federico Faggin (born December 1, 1941) is an Italian-born physicist/electrical engineer, principally responsible for the design of the first microprocessor and responsible for leading the 4004 (MCS-4) project to its successful outcome and for promoting its marketing. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A physicist is a Scientist who studies or practices Physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning Electrical engineering, sometimes referred to as electrical and electronic engineering, is a field of Engineering that deals with the study and application of A microprocessor incorporates most or all of the functions of a Central processing unit (CPU on a single Integrated The Intel 4004 is a 4-bit Central processing unit (CPU released by Intel Corporation in 1971 He also designed/led the design and was the vital force during the first five years of Intel's microprocessor effort. He continued to play a pacesetting role as founder and CEO of Zilog, the first company solely dedicated to microprocessors, for the next five years. Zilog Inc, often seen as ZiLOG (the official company denotation in 1998 through Jun 2007 is a manufacturer of 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit

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Life

Born in Vicenza, Federico Faggin received a Laurea Degree in physics, summa cum laude, at the University of Padua. In Italy, the laurea is the main Post-secondary Academic degree. Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an Academic degree was earned The University of Padua ( Italian Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) located in Padua, Italy, was founded in 1222 At age 19, after his graduation from technical high school A. Rossi (Vicenza), he took a job at Olivetti, in Italy, where he co-designed and led the implementation of a small computer. Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA, known as Olivetti, is an Italian manufacturer of Computers printers and other business machines After obtaining his university degree he worked at SGS Fairchild in Italy, where he developed SGS's first MOS process technology and designed its first integrated circuits. In 1968 he moved to Palo Alto and worked at Fairchild Semiconductor, where he created the MOS Silicon Gate technology, the basis of all modern CMOS computer chips. Palo Alto (ˌpæloʊˈæltoʊ from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high" i Present day Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc is a spin-off company resulting from reconstitution of assets in National Semiconductor At Fairchild he produced the world's first commercial integrated circuit using Silicon Gate Technology: the Fairchild 3708.

In 1970 he joined Intel where Marcian (Ted) Hoff, with Stanley Mazor and Intel's customer Masatoshi Shima, had formulated a new architecture for a family of Busicom calculators. Marcian Edward "Ted" Hoff Jr (born October 28, 1937 in Rochester New York) is one of the inventors of the Microprocessor. Masatoshi Shima (嶋正利 Shima Masatoshi, born on August 22[[ 943]] in Shizuoka, Japan) was one of the designers of the world's first Microprocessor Busicom ( Nippon Calculating Machine Corp changed its name to Business Computer Corporation) was a Japanese company that owned the rights to the first Federico Faggin was hired as project leader to implement such architecture, which had been idling for many months. Independently, and without any help from Hoff and Mazor, Faggin created a new methodology for random logic chip design using silicon gate technology, previously non existent, that made possible to fit the microprocessor in one chip. Marcian Edward "Ted" Hoff Jr (born October 28, 1937 in Rochester New York) is one of the inventors of the Microprocessor. He developed the chip and logic design together with the layout of all the chips of the 4004 family (MCS-4). The Intel 4004 is a 4-bit Central processing unit (CPU released by Intel Corporation in 1971 He built the tester to prove that the 4004 could be used for applications different from calculators (Hoff and Mazor considered the 4004 good only for calculators), and successfully transferred the first microprocessor to production. The Intel 4004 is a 4-bit Central processing unit (CPU released by Intel Corporation in 1971 Marcian Edward "Ted" Hoff Jr (born October 28, 1937 in Rochester New York) is one of the inventors of the Microprocessor. The Intel 4004 is a 4-bit Central processing unit (CPU released by Intel Corporation in 1971 During the project development he was assisted only by Masatoshi Shima, who had come from Japan to check on the progress and stayed-on to help, and a couple of technicians. Masatoshi Shima (嶋正利 Shima Masatoshi, born on August 22[[ 943]] in Shizuoka, Japan) was one of the designers of the world's first Microprocessor For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Faggin also convinced Bob Noyce to negotiate the exclusivity clause, in order to open the marketing of the 4004 which originally was a custom design for Busicom. Robert Norton Noyce ( December 12, 1927 &ndash June 3, 1990) nicknamed " the Mayor of Silicon Valley " co-founded The Intel 4004 is a 4-bit Central processing unit (CPU released by Intel Corporation in 1971 Busicom ( Nippon Calculating Machine Corp changed its name to Business Computer Corporation) was a Japanese company that owned the rights to the first

The design methodology created by Faggin was utilized for the implementation of all Intel’s early microprocessors. The 8008 development was originally assigned to Hal Feeney in March 1970 but was suspended until the 4004 was completed. The Intel 8008 was an early byte-oriented Microprocessor designed and manufactured by Intel and introduced in April 1972 It was resumed in January 1971 and Hal Feeney did the detailed design under Faggin’s direction and following his new methodology. Faggin developed the architectures and led the development of the 8080 and the 4040 microprocessors. The Intel 8080 was an early Microprocessor designed and manufactured by Intel. The Intel 4040 Microprocessor was the successor to the Intel 4004. When Faggin left Intel at the end of 1974 to found Zilog with Ralph Ungermann, he was department manager for MOS Research and Development with almost 80 engineers reporting to him and more than a dozen of products under development. Zilog Inc, often seen as ZiLOG (the official company denotation in 1998 through Jun 2007 is a manufacturer of 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit The metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor ( MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET) is a device used to amplify or switch electronic signals

Zilog was the first company entirely dedicated to microprocessors while Intel was principally dedicated to memories. At Zilog, Faggin conceived the architecture of the Z80 microprocessor and helped Shima, who had joined the new company, in its design. Zilog Inc, often seen as ZiLOG (the official company denotation in 1998 through Jun 2007 is a manufacturer of 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit The Zilog Z80 is an 8-bit Microprocessor designed and sold by Zilog from July 1976 onwards He was Zilog's President and CEO until the end of 1980. In 1982, he co-founded Cygnet Technologies, Inc. , maker of the Cygnet CoSystem personal telecommunications device, and was President and CEO of the company until 1986. In 1986 he co-founded and was CEO of Synaptics a company which produces the most widely used touchpad in the industry. Synaptics is a Touchpad Original equipment manufacturer (OEM provider for most major computer and laptop companies such as Asus, Acer A touchpad (also trackpad) is a Pointing device consisting of specialized surface that can translate the motion and position He is presently CEO of Foveon Inc. , a company making image sensors with a novel technology.

Original articles on Silicon Gate Technology

Faggin, F. , Klein, T. , and Vadasz, L.  :"Insulated Gate Field Effect Transistor Integrated Circuits with Silicon Gates", presented at the IEEE International Electron Device Meeting. Washington, D. C. , October 1968

Federico Faggin and Thomas Klein. : "A Faster Generation of MOS Devices with Low Thresholds is Riding the Crest of the New Wave, Silicon-Gate IC's". "Electronics", September 29, 1969

F. Faggin, T. Klein: "Silicon-Gate Technology". "Solid State Electronics", 1970, Vo. 13, pp. 1125-1144

Original articles on the MCS-4, the first microprocessor

F. Faggin and M. E. Hoff: "Standard Parts and Custom Design Merge in a Four-chip Processor Kit". "Electronics" , April 24, 1972

F. Faggin, et al: "The MCS-4 An LSI Microcomputer System". "IEEE 1972 Region Six Conference"

Awards

Federico Faggin is currently the CEO of Foveon, a Santa Clara (CA) company with a new technology for developing image sensors used in digital photography. The University of Rome Tor Vergata (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata is a university located in Rome, Italy, and founded in 1982. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in The European Inventor of the Year awards are presented annually by the European Patent Office and the European Commission 's DG Enterprise and Industry Foveon Inc, is the company that makes the Foveon X3 sensor, which captures images in digital single-lens reflex cameras such as the Sigma Corporation He is also chairman of Synaptics and Zilog. Synaptics is a Touchpad Original equipment manufacturer (OEM provider for most major computer and laptop companies such as Asus, Acer Zilog Inc, often seen as ZiLOG (the official company denotation in 1998 through Jun 2007 is a manufacturer of 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit

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