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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.
Federico Faggin, president of WITAR (World Technical Institutes Alessandro Rossi) e Pietro. Fox, vice president, at the inauguration of the Lycée Technique Alessandro Rossi in Ngozi, Burundi. Built by WITAR, the Lycée was gifted to the diocese of Ngozi.
Faggin Foundation. Supporting the science of consciousness. The foundation supports various programs at us universities and institutes to advance the understanding of consciousness through theoretical and experimental research. learn more. SINCE 2011. Silicon – The Autobiography of Federico Faggin.
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.
Jun 14, 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).
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.
Nov 15, 2021 · Intel engineer Federico Faggin was on the team that designed the Intel 4004 microprocessor, which made its debut in November 1971. Masatoshi Shima was an engineer with Nippon Calculating Machine Corp., the Japanese firm that designed the Busicom 141-PF printing calculator.
