Microprocessor Pioneers Feted.Last month, the three men credited with the invention of the microprocessor were honored by the American Computer Museum The American Computer Museum is a museum of the history of computing founded in May 1990 by Barbara and George Keremedjiev as a non-profit organization and originally intended to be located in Princeton, New Jersey; the museum's location was changed to Bozeman, Montana when the in Bozeman, Montana Bozeman is a city in southwestern Montana, USA. It is the county seat of Gallatin County. With a 2000 population of 27,509, Bozeman is the fifth largest city in the state. The city is named after John M. Bozeman, founder of the Bozeman Trail. . This year marks the 30th anniversary of the invention of the microprocessor by Dr,Ted Hoff, Dr. Federico Faggin Federico Faggin (born December 1 1941) is an Italian-born physicist/electrical engineer, principally responsible for the design of the first microprocessor and responsible for leading the 4004 (MCS-4) project to its successful outcome and for promoting its marketing. and Mr. Stan Mazor at the then small and little-known company called Intel. Their invention has impacted the global economy from computers, to telephones, to entertainment devices to countless numbers of other modern devices. Messrs. Hoff, Faggin and Mazor were presented with the coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. George R. Stibirz Computer Pioneer Award. Previous honorees include Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer; Jack Kilby, inventor of the integrated circuit; Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web; and Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn, co-inventors of the Internet. |
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