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Federico Faggin

Faggin developed silicon-gate technology and led implementation work on Intel’s MCS-4 chips, working with Masatoshi Shima.

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Faggin developed silicon-gate technology and led implementation work on Intel’s MCS-4 chips, working with Masatoshi Shima.

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Microprocessor history includes circuit techniques, architecture and fabrication. The 4004 was a team project rather than one person’s isolated invention.

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