Marcian Hoffとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Marcian Edward "Ted" Hoff, Jr. (born October 28, 1937 in Rochester, New York), is one of the inventors of the microprocessor. Hoff, an engineer, joined Intel in 1967 as employee number 12, and is credited with coming up with the idea of a universal processor instead of custom-designed circuits. His insight started the microprocessor revolution in the early 1970s. Commonly, he is credited with having invented the microprocessor in 1971, although he proposed the architectural idea and an instruction set formulated with Stanley Mazor in 1969, and Federico Faggin created the innovative silicon design, essential to the realization of the microprocessor, in 1970–1971. In 1985, Hoff was named the first Intel Fellow, the highest technical position in the company. He stayed in that position until 1988.