Birth Name:

Federico Faggin

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, Dec 01, 1941

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Vicenza, Veneto, Italy

Age:

82

Zodiac Sign:

Sagittarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

8°

Sag

50'

About Federico Faggin

Federico Faggin (Italian pronunciation: [fedeˈriːko fadˈdʒin], Venetian: [faˈdʒiŋ]; 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. He led the 4004 (MCS-4) project and the design group during the first five years of Intel's microprocessor effort. Faggin also created, while working at Fairchild Semiconductor in 1968, the self-aligned MOS (metal–oxide–semiconductor) silicon-gate technology (SGT), which made possible MOS semiconductor memory chips, CCD image sensors, and the microprocessor. After the 4004, he led development of the Intel 8008 and 8080, using his SGT methodology for random logic chip design, which was essential to the creation of early Intel microprocessors. He was co-founder (with Ralph Ungermann) and CEO of Zilog, the first company solely dedicated to microprocessors, and led the development of the Zilog Z80 and Z8 processors. He was later the co-founder and CEO of Cygnet Technologies, and then Synaptics.

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External Links:

• The Intel 4004 Microprocessor and the Silicon Gate Technology, A testimonial from Federico Faggin, designer of the 4004 and developer of its enabling technology Federico Faggin personally gives details, history and nitty-gritty details about the Intel 4004's development and his inventions, innovations and ideas that made it all possible.

• "Executive Profile" from Foveon.com

• IEEE Global History Network Biography of Federico Faggin

• Oral History of Federico Faggin Computer History Museum. Recorded 2004-05

• Busicom Calculator Engineering Prototype (Gift of Federico Faggin to the Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California).

• Video of the Intel Intellec 4 microcomputer on YouTube

• "Computers Still No Match for Human Intelligence" Video and article interview with Federico Faggin 40 years after the release of the Intel 4004 microprocessor

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Federico Faggin: Sun 8 Sagittarius, Moon 12 Taurus, Mercury 27 Scorpio, Venus 25 Capricorn, Mars 13 Aries, Jupiter 17 Gemini, Saturn 23 Taurus, Uranus 27 Taurus, Neptune 29 Virgo, Pluto 5 Leo, Sun Trine Mars, Sun Trine Pluto, Mercury Opposition Saturn, Mercury Opposition Uranus, Mercury Sextile Neptune, Sun Semi Square Venus, Mercury Sextile Venus, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Mars, Venus Trine Saturn, Venus Trine Uranus, Venus Trine Neptune, Mars Sextile Jupiter, Mars Semi Square Uranus, Saturn Conjunct Uranus, Uranus Trine Neptune

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