Intel 4004 Microprocessor 35th Anniversary
[Recorded Nov 13, 2006] The Computer History Museum and the Intel Museum mark the 35th anniversary of one of the most important products in technology history. Introduced in November 1971, the Intel® 4004 microprocessor was an early and significant commercial product to embody computer architecture within a silicon device. And it started an electronics revolution that changed our world. There were no customer-programmable microprocessors on the market before the 4004. It was the first and it was the enabling technology that propelled software into the limelight as a key player in the world of digital electronics design. Intel, which had been making memory chips, used the 4004 as a technical and marketing launch pad to develop an expertise in microprocessors that, in quick time, made it a market leader. This strategy allowed it to emerge as the most influential designer and producer of microprocessors—the engine of the information age—for over three decades. In celebration of this milestone anniversary and the November 15, 2006 opening of Intel Museum’s new exhibit entitled, “The Intel 4004 Microprocessor ,” Intel 4004 designers Ted Hoff and Federico Faggin take center stage with an historical perspective on the evolution of the 4004, from a special-order from Japanese calculator manufacturer Busicom, to a mass-produced device. Additionally, Tim McNerney, who assembled and led a talented team of engineers and designers to create the Intel 4004 35th anniversary exhibit with …
I agree. The exclusion of these all-important names raises strong suspicions of Anglosupremacist racism within the computer industry, to me.
I think it’s one of America’s great injustices that the name of Federico Faggin has not been made widely famous.
and also designed the worlds first commercial integrated circuit using SGT the Fairchild 3708), had the correct background to lead the project since it was the SGT to make possible the design of a CPU into a single chip with the proper speed, power dissipation and cost. Faggin also developed the new methodology for random logic design, based on silicon gate, that made the 4004 possible. Production units of the 4004 were first delivered to Busicom in March 1971,
Keep on dreaming if you think Faggin doesn’t deserve the credit . As stated and this doesn’t come from revisioninst bibles but from actual sources “In April 1970 Intel hired Federico Faggin to lead the design of the four-chip set. Faggin, who originally developed the silicon gate technology (SGT) in 1968 at Fairchild Semiconductor[10]
agreed he did most of the work. People forget this.
masatoshi deserves the most credit for desigining the microprocessor.
it was his idea from the beginning
That is a ridiculously biased account of how the microprocessor came to being. Faggin is a fighter — but does not recognize the contributions of others and is an egomaniac.
He is mentioned at 0:43:05
I see Masatoshi Shima was left out of the engineering credits. He did 95% of the design work. This is completely unacceptable. This is extreme revisionism. Intel was completely lost without Masatoshi.
Yeah, you need to be kind of special to do that, like a museum as an example.
I had no idea 1.5 hour vids could be uploaded to YT! Very interesting vid anyway.
Faggin ha progettato ed assemblato il 4004 solo di suo ingegno, così come inventò il bootstrap, il bootloader e la tecnologia a circuiti bruciati. Hoff era solo il mandatario del progetto. Quando Faggin mollò l’Intel per fondare la Zilog, l’industria yankee gli giurò tremenda vendetta…
Way to go Federico!
thank you thank you thank you! These videos posted on Youtube have made me so happy!! I cant wait to someday visit the museum in person!! Thanks for making this available to the gen. public.
Aggiungo da ultimo che non è chiaro se davvero l’Intel 4004 sia a bordo del Pioneer 10, secondo wikipedia infatti il microprocessore fu considerato ma non utilizzato per via del fatto che era troppo nuovo e quindi semisconosciuto ai tempi.
Estremamente interessante,la storia del microprocessore è davvero avvincente.
Ben fatto. Rimane da chiarire il ruolo di Tedd Hoff nei confronti di Federico Faggin perché sembrerebbe che la Intel abbia privato Faggin della paternità del microprocessore attribuendola ad Hoff.