Interview with Marcian E. Hoff, Jr., 1995 March 03

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Abstract/Contents

Abstract: Marcian (Ted) Hoff, a semiconductor scientist credited as the inventor of the microprocessor, discusses his career and his work on pioneering technology. 00:00:40 Marcian and Judy Hoff give a tour of their estate, and the interviewer provides some background information on Hoff. 00:03:23 Hoff discusses his upbringing, and education, going to graduate school at Stanford, and going to work at Intel as Manager of Applications Research. 00:08:58 Discusses product development, and the 4004 microprocessor. 00:23:05 Discussion of Intel’s contract with BUSICOM, marketing the first microprocessor, and subsequent product development, intellectual property and patents, as well as the 8008. 00:53:13 Discusses being recognized as the person who invented the microprocessor, and patents made by Gilbert Hyatt. 01:03:24 Discusses working on a bipolar bit-slice, working with telecom activity, and leaving Intel to work at Atari Semiconductor and then Telicon. Interviewed by Rob Walker, March 3, 1995, in Los Altos Hills, California.

Interviewee	Hoff, Marcian E.

Subject	Intel Corporation
Subject	Atari (U.S.) Corp.
Subject	Telicon
Subject	Semiconductors
Subject	Neural networks (Computer science)
Subject	Microprocessors
Subject	Intellectual property
Subject	New products
Genre	Filmed interviews

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Source ID	m0741_hoff_1995-03-03
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/jj158jn5943
Location	M0741
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