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/
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Federico Faggin
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What did Federico Faggin do after his work at Intel?
He founded Zilog and later Synaptics.
After his work with Intel, Faggin founded Zilog, the first company entirely dedicated to the emerging microprocessor and microcontroller market. Zilog produced the successful Z80 microprocessor and the Z8 microcontroller. In 1986 he founded Synaptics, the company that developed touchpads and touchscreens used to interface with mobile devices.
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Led design of the Intel 4004, the first commercial single-chip microprocessor.
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Led the Intel 4004 microprocessor design team and earlier created silicon-gate MOS technology at Fairchild.
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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).
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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
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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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He is best known for designing the first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004.
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the first commercially available microprocessor was the Intel 4004, designed by Federico Faggin and introduced in 1971.
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