Exploring an Intel 4004, the First Microprocessor, with an Ion Beam and Electron Microscope

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Here’s Federico Faggin’s signature on the design:

An earlier post here on 2021-11-21, “Fifty Years Ago—Intel 4004: The First Commercial Microprocessor”, included video of a conference at the Computer History Museum on the 35th anniversary of the 4004 including talks by Federico Faggin and Ted Hoff about the origin and design of the 4004 and how Intel, which then viewed itself as a semiconductor memory company, resisted getting into the microprocessor business.