Fascinating facts about Ted Hoff inventor of the microprocessor in 1968.

As a researcher for the Intel Co, who were developing an integrated circuit for a Japanese manufacturer of desk-top calculators. With a knowledge of computers (then still very large machines) he designed the computer-on-a-chip microprocessor (1968), which came on the market as the Intel 4004 (1971), starting the microcomputer industry.

In 1980, he was named the first Intel Fellow, the highest technical position in the company. He spent a brief time as VP for Technology with Atari in the early 1980s and is currently VP and Chief Technical Officer with Teklicon, Inc. Other honors include the Stuart Ballantine Medal from the Franklin Institute. Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1996 for his invention of the Microprocessor Concept and Architecture.

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RELATED INFORMATION:
Invention of the Microprocessor   from The Great Idea Finder
History of Computing   from The Great Idea Finder

ON THE BOOKSHELF:
Creating the Digital Future: The Secrets of Consistent Innovation at Intel
by Albert Yu / Hardcover - 256 pages (August 1998) / Free Press
Albert Yu, senior vice president of Intel's Microprocessor Products Group, reflects on the history and culture of Intel and shows how the company maintains the mindset of a 30-year-old start-up.
The Intel Microprocessors 8086/8088, 80186/80188, 80286, 80386, 80486, Pentium, and Pentium Pro Processor Architecture, Programming, and Interfacing
by Barry B. Brey / Hardcover: 966 pages / Prentice Hall; 5th edition (May, 2000)
Presents the material on this important family of microprocessors in a format that is well organized and easily understood.
Inside Intel: Andy Grove and the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Chip Company
by Tim Jackson / Paperback: 432 pages / Plume; (November 1998)
Eighty percent of today's desktop computers operate on chips produced by Intel Corporation, which is now a more profitable company than the top 10 PC makers combined.

ON THE WEB:
Invention Dimension - Inventor of the Week
Celebrates inventor/innovator role models through outreach activities and annual awards to inspire a new generation of American scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs. Featured may, 1996, Ted Hoff for his invention of the misroprocessor.
(URL: web.mit.edu/invent/www/inventorsA-H/hoff.html))
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Located at Inventure Place, the online home of creative minds. Marcian E. (Ted) Hoff was inducted in 1996 for his invention of the Memory System for a Multi-Chip Digital Computer (CPU), Patent Number  3,821,715
(URL: www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/79.html)
A History of the Microprocessor
You've arrived at Intel's interactive history of the microprocessor. Lots of COOKIES at this site.
(URL: www.intel.com/intel/intelis/museum/exhibit/hist_micro/index.htm)
Silicon Genesis - Ted Hoff
Pioneers Interview with Marcian (Ted) Hoff March 3, 1995 Los Altos Hills, CA.
(URL: www.stanford.edu/group/mmdd/SiliconValley/SiliconGenesis/TedHoff/Hoff.html)
IEEE Virtual Museum
Robert Noyce, who had co-founded Intel Corp., that same year, was calling to ask him to join the new company, which Hoff soon did as its twelfth employee.
(URL: www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/collection/people.php?taid=&id=1234774&lid=1)
Computer Museum of America
Created the first programmable integrated circuit.
(URL: www.computerhalloffame.org/inductees/2004/1/hoff.html)
Birth of the Microprocessor
For a significant reduction on the manufacturing price of the chips and return of $60,000 invested by INTEL in its development, Busicom renounced to its rights, and the INTEL 4004 chip was launched to the market in November 1971. Article by James Redin.
(URL: www.xnumber.com/xnumber/tedhoff.htm)
FTI Teklicon
Teklicon was founded in 1986 to provide litigators with a single source of superior experts in engineering, and in the physical and information sciences. Ted Hoff , Chief Technologist. Ted has over 30 years experience in semiconductor technology and computer systems research.
(URL: www.teklicon.com/AboutUs.shtml)

HOW IT WORKS:
How Microprocessors Work
Based on a real-life exhibit installed in the Intel Museum in Santa Clara, California. From the learning about Journey series at Intel.

DID YOU KNOW?:

• In 1968 Ted Hoff joined Intel as one of its first dozen employees
• Ted Hoff holds 16 patents, and is best known for his invention of the microprocessor