Federico Faggin (born December 1, 1941 in Vicenza) is an Italian physicist/electrical engineer, naturalized U.S. citizen, 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. 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 pacesett...
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Federico Faggin (born December 1, 1941 in Vicenza) is an Italian physicist/electrical engineer, naturalized U.S. citizen, 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. 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.
Born in Vicenza, Federico Faggin received a Laurea Degree in physics, summa cum laude, at the University of Padua. 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. After obtaining his university degree he worked at SGS Fairchild in Italy, where he developed SGS's first MOS process technology...
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