Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Zilog
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 12 July 2002
Faggin returns to his Zilog roots
Zilog cofounder Federico Faggin, a coinventor of the microprocessor, has joined the company's board of directors.
Zilog cofounder Federico Faggin, a coinventor of the microprocessor, has joined the company's board of directors The award-winning Faggin cofounded Zilog in 1974 after his departure from Intel
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 7 Dec 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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As Zilog CEO from 1974 to 1980, Faggin conceived the well-known Z80, a rival to Intel's 8080 and one of the best-selling microprocessors in industry hist