Black-and-white photograph of Ted Hoff with 8080 chip. Asked to design a custom, multi-chip calculator solution for Japanese manufacturer Busicom, Intel engineer Marican E. "Ted" Hoff instead invented the world's first, general purpose microprocessor, the 4004.
Electronic industries; Hoff, Ted; Intel innovators; Intel microprocessors; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology
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