Fascinating facts about Ted Hoff inventor of the
microprocessor in 1968.
|M.E. "Ted" Hoff
AT A GLANCE:
Ted Hoff's knowledge of computers (then still very large machines)
allowed him to design the computer-on-a-chip microprocessor (1968),
which came on the market as the Intel 4004 (1971), starting the
HOW IT WORKS
DID YOU KNOW?
||Marcian Edward "Ted"
||First to invent. First
||October 28, 1937 at
Rochester, New York.
||A type of
miniature electronic device that contains the arithmetic, logic, and
control circuitry necessary to perform the functions of a digital
computer's central processing unit
(US) issued June 28, 1974
1962 receives his PhD from Stanford
1968 Ted Hoff joins a newly formed company Intel as employee number 12
1968 designs the computer-on-a-chip microprocessor
1971 Intel intoduces the microcomputer idustry with the Intel (4004)
1974 Patent issued for a MEMORY SYSTEM FOR A MULTI-CHIP DIGITAL COMPUTER
1982 Ted joins Atari
1986 Ted joins Teklicon, Inc. as Chief Technical Officer
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Marcian Edward "Ted" Hoff, Jr. was born October 28, 1937 at Rochester, New York.
He received a BEE (1958) from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. During the
summers away from college he worked for General Railway Signal Company in Rochester where
he made developments that produced his first two patents. He attended Stanford as a
National Science Foundation Fellow and received a MS (1959) and Ph.D. (1962) in electrical
engineering. He joined Intel in 1968.
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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ON THE BOOKSHELF:
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
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
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.
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Featured may, 1996, Ted Hoff for his invention of the misroprocessor.
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
A History of the Microprocessor
You've arrived at Intel's interactive history of the microprocessor. Lots of
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Silicon Genesis - Ted Hoff
Pioneers Interview with Marcian (Ted) Hoff March 3, 1995 Los Altos Hills, CA.
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
Computer Museum of America
Created the first programmable integrated circuit.
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.
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
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
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