{"id":52813,"date":"2024-04-15T23:44:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T23:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=52813"},"modified":"2024-04-15T23:44:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T23:44:51","slug":"who-invented-the-microprocessor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/who-invented-the-microprocessor\/","title":{"rendered":"Who invented the microprocessor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n    <!-- Check if it's an AMP page -->\r\n            <!-- Non-AMP version -->\r\n        <div class=\"mcq-container\" data-quiz-id=\"quizState_6a97812e26e7f\">\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option1\" data-is-correct=\"true\">\r\n                    Marcian E Hoff                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option2\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    Herman H Goldstein                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option3\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    Joseph Jacquard                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option4\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    All of the above E. 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Marcian E Hoff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marcian E. Hoff, Federico Faggin, Stanley Mazor, and Masatoshi Shima are credited with inventing the microprocessor in 1971. They were working at Intel at the time, and their invention revolutionized the computer industry.<\/p>\n<p>Hoff was born in 1942 in Waterloo, Iowa. He received his bachelor&#8217;s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Utah in 1965 and his master&#8217;s degree from Stanford University in 1968. He joined Intel in 1968 and was instrumental in the development of the microprocessor.<\/p>\n<p>Faggin was born in 1941 in Budapest, Hungary. He received his bachelor&#8217;s degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Budapest in 1964 and his master&#8217;s degree from Stanford University in 1968. He joined Intel in 1968 and was <div class=\"telegram-channel-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pscnotes2025\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"telegram-channel-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"telegram-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 496 512\">\r\n                    <path fill=\"white\" d=\"M248,8C111,8,0,119,0,256s111,248,248,248s248-111,248-248S385,8,248,8z M362,177L320,367c-3,14-10,18-20,14l-56-41l-27,26 c-3,3-5,5-10,5l4-63L323,196c5-5-1-7-8-3l-98,62l-42-13c-9-3-10-9,2-14l162-63C351,160,365,164,362,177z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> instrumental in <div class=\"youtube-subscribe-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNHT8lW-JmLC68rjBfZhdkg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"youtube-subscribe-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"youtube-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\">\r\n                    <path d=\"M549.7 124.1c-6.3-23.7-24.8-42.3-48.3-48.6C458.8 64 288 64 288 64S117.2 64 74.6 75.5c-23.5 6.3-42 24.9-48.3 48.6-11.4 42.9-11.4 132.3-11.4 132.3s0 89.4 11.4 132.3c6.3 23.7 24.8 41.5 48.3 47.8C117.2 448 288 448 288 448s170.8 0 213.4-11.5c23.5-6.3 42-24.2 48.3-47.8 11.4-42.9 11.4-132.3 11.4-132.3s0-89.4-11.4-132.3zm-317.5 213.5V175.2l142.7 81.2-142.7 81.2z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Subscribe on YouTube\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> the development of the microprocessor.<\/p>\n<p>Mazor was born in 1944 in New York City. He received his bachelor&#8217;s degree in electrical engineering from the City College of New York in 1966 and his master&#8217;s degree from Stanford University in 1968. He joined Intel in 1968 and was instrumental in the development of the microprocessor.<\/p>\n<p>Shima was born in 1943 in Tokyo, Japan. He received his bachelor&#8217;s degree in electrical engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1966 and his master&#8217;s degree from Stanford University in 1968. He joined Intel in 1968 and was instrumental in the development of the microprocessor.<\/p>\n<p>The microprocessor is a small, integrated circuit that contains all the functions of a computer&#8217;s central processing unit (CPU). It was invented in 1971 by Marcian E. Hoff, Federico Faggin, Stanley Mazor, and Masatoshi Shima at Intel. The microprocessor revolutionized the computer industry by making it possible to build small, affordable computers.<\/p>\n<p>The microprocessor has had a profound impact on society. It has made computers available to millions of people around the world and has changed the way we live, work, and communicate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subscribe on YouTube<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[727],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Who invented the microprocessor?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/who-invented-the-microprocessor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who invented the 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