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MARCIAN E. (TED) HOFF
However significant Hoff's invention, nevertheless, it was hardly noticed in the public until early 1973. The microprocessor had its own instruction set and had to be programmed in order to execute specific tasks. So Ted Hoff had to inform the public and t he engineers about the capabilities of the new device and how to program it.
With the help of new employee Stan Mazor, Hoff perfected the design of what would be the 4004 arithmetic chip. After Busicomp had accepted Hoff's chip set, Frederico Faggin, one of the best chip design experts, who had been hired recently, began transformi ng the design into silicon. The 4004 microprocessor, a 4-bit chip (processes 4 bits - a string of four ones or zeroes - of information at a time), contained 2300 MOS transistors, and was as powerful as the legendary first electronic computer, ENIAC.
Soon after the first 4004s had been delivered to Busicomp, Intel realized the market potential of the chip, and successfully renegotiated with the Japanese to regain the exclusive rights, which had been sold to Busicomp.
Born
Works
Invention
1982
He left Intel to serve as vice-president of Atari.
1996
He was awarded The Franklin Institute's Certificate of Merit.
His invention was develop a chip small and cheap enough to fit into almost any device, making computers, cameras, calculators and dozens of other appliances and machines able to "think."
Marcian E. Ted Hoff, was born in 1937 in Rochester, New York.
2010
He received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Obama.
Works
1957
He received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
1959
He received his Master's from Stanford.
1962
He received his Ph.D.
1968
He began working at the newly founded Intel. He was their twelfth employee and the first Intel fellow.