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A microprocessor integrates the arithmetic logic and control circuitry of a computer into one chip. The first microprocessor was built by a group of engineers at the Intel Corpn. Can you tell who headed this group?

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Victor Poor
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Stan Mazor
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Marcian E.(Ted) Hoff
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Seymour Cray
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None of the above
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The correct option is A Marcian E.(Ted) Hoff

A microprocessor integrates the arithmetic logic and control circuitry of a computer into one chip. The first microprocessor was built by a group of engineers at the Intel Corp.Marcian E.(Ted) Hoff headed this group

In November, 1971, a company called Intel publicly introduced the world's first single chip microprocessor, the Intel 4004 (U.S. Patent #3,821,715), invented by Intel engineers Federico Faggin, Marcian E. (Ted) Hoff and Stan Mazor.

Fair child semiconductors (founded in 1957) invented the first Integrated Circuit in 1959 that marked the microprocessor history. ... In 1971, the first microprocessor Intel 4004 was invented. A microprocessor is also known as a central processing unit in which numbers of peripherals' are fabricated on a single chip.


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