Intel and the Microprocessor

Module 1 Section 2 2.2<Tab/>Prehistory There are a number of people to whom the title 'Grandfather', 'Father', or even 'Godfather' of computing have been applied. One of these is 1.<Tab/>Charles Babbage: a Victorian engineer, mathematician and philosopher. Babbage designed: *<Tab/>The Difference Engine: This was a device to calculate navigational tables, which were so important at the time but which were often ridden …

…the planar process meant that transistors could be linked without the need for such wires. Integrated circuits could now be developed which were both complex and cheap to produce. Ted Hoff: came up with the idea for the microprocessor and an overall design, but he had not produced the chip, and was not entirely sure how this might be done. Federico Faggin: led the actual production of the chip, developing new technology to do so.