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Stanley Mazor

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Who

Stanley Mazor · Technology & Engineering

What

Co-inventor of the Intel 4004, the first microprocessor; Kyoto Prize (1997)

When

1941, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Where

United States (Fairchild · Intel · Silicon Valley)

Prizes and awards
Biography

Stanley Mazor is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Co-inventor of the Intel 4004, the first microprocessor; Kyoto Prize (1997)

How & why

Mazor, an American engineer identified in Jewish biographical sources as of Jewish background, joined Intel in 1969 and, with Ted Hoff, Federico Faggin and Masatoshi Shima, defined the architecture and instruction set of the Intel 4004 — the first commercial microprocessor, which put a whole computing engine on a single chip. He shared the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 2010 and the Kyoto Prize in 1997.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Kyoto Prize

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Co-inventor of the Intel 4004, the first microprocessor; Kyoto Prize (1997)

1997

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Kyoto Prize