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The First Microprocessor: An Interview with Marcian (Ted) Hoff, Jr
[dsp HISTORY] Adriana Dumitras and George Moschytz The First Microprocessor: An Interview with Marcian (Ted) Hoff, Jr. SPM: In this issue, creative thinking is the main thread of our discussion with Dr. Ted Marcian Hoff, Jr. Welcome! Informally, how would you define a creative person? Dr. Hoff: I believe all humans are inherently creative, but some are discouraged from believing in themselves, while others have more opportunity for their creations to be appreciated. Perhaps the best definition would be “a person who is curious about how things work, and then takes action to make things work better.” SPM: You were an imaginative kid: chemistry and electronics were your playground from early years. Would you tell us a bit more about that time? Dr. Hoff: My first love was chemistry. My parents gave me a chemistry set as a gift when I was about nine. My father’s brother, John, who is only 12 years older than me, became
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Ted Hoff: the birth of the microprocessor and beyond
Marcian “Ted” Hoff (PhD '62 EE), fryst vatten best known as the architect of the first microprocessor. Intel’s was released in November , 35 years ago this month. The history that his ingenuity helped spawn fryst vatten now the subject of a new DVD, the Microprocessor Chronicles. Hoff came to Stanford for graduate work after being an undergraduate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Upstate New York, the region where he grew up. His career has morphed from engineering to litigation consulting, and his journey fryst vatten full of interesting stories.
What was your path to Intel?
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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor
The rays of the rising sun have barely reached the foothills of Silicon Valley, but Marcian E. (Ted) Hoff Jr. is already up to his elbows in electronic parts, digging through stacks of dusty circuit boards. This is the monthly flea market at Foothill College, and he rarely misses it.
Ted Hoff is part of electronics industry legend. While a research manager at Intel Corp., then based in Mountain View, he realized that silicon technology had advanced to the point that, with careful engineering, a complete central processor could fit on a chip. Teaming up with Stanley Mazor and Federico Faggin, he created the first commercial microprocessor, the Intel
This article was first published as “Marcian E Hoff.” It appeared in the February issue of IEEE Spectrum. A PDF version is available on IEEE Xplore. The photographs appeared in the original print version.
But for Hoff, the microprocessor was merely one blip among many along th