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Federico Faggin

Computer Engineering

Italian-American physicist, engineer, inventor and entrepreneur best known for designing the first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004; he led the 4004 design group during the first five years of Intel's microprocessor effort. He earlier created the self-aligned silicon-gate MOS technology at Fairchild Semiconductor in 1968. In 2010 he received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1941 1
Birth Date
1941-12-01 1
Nationality
Italian-American 1
Nationality
Italy 1
Nationality
United States 1
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Computer Engineering, Fields

Led design of the Intel 4004, the first commercial single-chip microprocessor.

In Field

Computer Engineering, Fields

Led the Intel 4004 microprocessor design team and earlier created silicon-gate MOS technology at Fairchild.

Source Federico Faggin (Wikipedia)

Held Differently

The Microprocessor, Inventions

Led the Intel 4004 design team; the 4004 is the commercially released side of the same priority dispute the live open question on this entity already names (Garrett AiResearch CADC vs. Texas Instruments' 1971 patent vs. Intel's 4004).

Source Federico Faggin (Wikipedia)
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  • Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, nationality there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: United States, nationality there.
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1. Federico Faggin (Wikipedia)
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  • lead section
    Federico Faggin (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.
  • Wikipedia 'Federico Faggin': citizenship Italy, born Vicenza Italy; checked 2026-09-27
  • Wikipedia 'Federico Faggin': citizenship United States; checked 2026-09-27
  • National Medal of Technology paragraph
    In 2010, he received the 2009 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honor the United States confers for achievements related to technological progress.
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