Federico Faggin
Name: Federico Faggin Born: December 1, 1941, in Italy Computer-related contributions Italian physicist and electrical engineer who was principally responsible for the design of the first commercial microprocessor. Granted patent #3,821,715 on June 28, 1974 that describes a memory system for a multichip digital computer. Led the 4004 (MCS-4) project to its successful outcome and promoted it. Led the design group during the first five years of Intel’s microprocessor effort. Founder and CEO of Zilog, the first company solely dedicated to microprocessors....