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Federico Faggin
Italian-American physicist, engineer, inventor and entrepreneur (born 1941).
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Residence
United States
(1968 - )
Place of Birth
Vicenza
Date of Birth
12/1/1941
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Occupation
Physicist
Inventor
Computer Scientist
Electrical Engineer
Businessperson
Engineer
Entrepreneur
Award Received
10 items
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
(2009)
Marconi Prize
(1988)
National Inventors Hall of Fame
(1996)
Computer History Museum Fellow
(2009)
Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
(1997)
W. Wallace McDowell Award
(1994)
Enrico Fermi Prize
(2014)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(2018)
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
(1988)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
(2019)
Given Name
Educated At
Archives At
Family Name
Sex or Gender
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
Employer
Country of Citizenship
Field of Work
Federico
University of Padua
Computer History Museum
Faggin
Male
Italian
English
Fairchild Semiconductor
Intel Corporation
Zilog
Kingdom of Italy
( - 6/18/1946)
End Time
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6/18/1946
Italy
(6/19/1946 - )
Start Time
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6/19/1946
Physics
Microprocessor
Informatics
Has Cause
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Emigration
Start Time
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1968
Award Rationale
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for the conception, design, development and application of the first microcomputer, a universal building block that enabled a multitude of novel digital electronic systems.
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2009
Point in Time
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1988
Point in Time
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1996
Point in Time
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2009
Point in Time
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1997
Award Rationale
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For the development of the Silicon Gate Process, and the first commercial microprocessor.
Point in Time
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1994
Point in Time
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2014
Point in Time
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2018
Point in Time
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1988
Point in Time
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2019
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