On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
> > On page B6, in an article titled "Yet Another 'Father' Of the
> > Microprocessor Wants Recognition", there is discussion of Ray Holt, an
> > ex-Navy engineer who claims to have created the microprocessor in 1969, two
> > years before Hoff, Faggin, and Mazor created the integrated processor.
>
> I finally read the article today. It's interesting that Hoff et al define
> a microprocessor just as I do:
>
> "But we were the first to put a computer's central processing unit on a
> single chip."
>
> The article goes on to say that Mr. Holt argues that a microprocessor
> doesn't have to be on one chip, but I didn't see any attempt to offer an
> alternative definition of microprocessor.
In fact, Holt's design IS a central processing unit on a single chip. The
article, unfortunately, left out a great amount of detail. The journalist
spent two months working on an article that did little to explain the
complexity of the issue.
Ray's talk this Saturday will clear a lot of questions up. Hoff and
Faggin are too biased to be the authorities on what constitutes a
"microprocessor", especially since many other industry veterans disagree
with their opinions.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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