when dreams come true.....

naked1300 · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 837 Location: Austria,

hi to all,

i got a really great email contact. if you believe or not, from now on i am
in good email contact with Federico Faggin Smile

i have never thougt that this contact will be possible. i asked him for the
Pioneer 10 myth and about the 1701. i know the pioneer 10 myth is still
lifted, but i also want to hear his opinion.
and he told me some interesting things about the 1701.

so if one of you have a special question he is able to answer, let me know.

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doccybrown · Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 1736 Location: Germany

Awesome! Now you can nudge him everytime
you have a question! Smile

My question would be if he knows how many
ceramic 4004`s have been sold or manufactured!

CPUShack · Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:44 pm Post subject:

or who the original fab for Zilog was

Cpuswe · Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:46 pm Post subject:

Wow! Nice indeed!

JAC · Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 3469

Very nice Peter!

I want to know more about the problems with the hermetic seal.

What is the earliest chip with quartz window? Who made it. etc..

Elar · Joined: 16 Jul 2003 Posts: 746 Location: Tallinn, Estonia

1701/1702 story doesn't sound right. Both them have quarz lids and are UV erasable. And suppose the x-ray story is true, what is the difference between 1601 and 1701 then?

Chiefish · Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:45 pm Post subject:

I wonder if he is confusing the 1601 with the 1701, because as far as i knew the 1701 and the 1702 are uv erasable And both have quartz windows where as the 1601 has the metal lid on it.

naked1300 · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 837 Location: Austria,

D.8080 · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 1474 Location: Italy

Guys, could you be any hornier?
Very Happy

Well, Mr. Nusser I guess you scored very big! Applause

And it's good to see how many people here actually know in depth about chips.

doccybrown · Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 1736 Location: Germany

Hmmm just thought about the significance of Federico
Faggin in history of microprocessors. And.... no he
is not the pope! But he compares to Martin Luther I think,
hmm ok probably I should not smoke so much weed... icon_crazy

Anyway we guys can be happy that the designer of the first (commercial)
single chip cpu is still alive and Peter can bug him with questions now Smile

Generations of CPU-collectors after us will probably cry
not to have the opportunity to get in any contact with him!

CPUShack · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:16 am Post subject:

More importantly the Z80 that he designed is STILL in production in pretty much the same form

doccybrown · Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 1736 Location: Germany

Yes you are right, Z80 was and still is a very successful design.
But in what way would have Intel emerged WITHOUT that 4004?
Maybe no 8080 then because Intel never realized the potential
of CPUs? And then no 8086ers? Yes and then very likely
Motorola would have made it into the fabulous IBM PCs... Shocked

CPUShack · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:49 am Post subject:

considering EPROMs were Intels biggest business until the mid 80s lol

The 8008 perhaps was the most important processor design Intel made (and they didnt want to make it at first), as it became the 8080, and Z80 and 8085 and x86

wepwawet · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:35 am Post subject:

Hey, ask him why there is almost NO information about the 4040 available, esp. INTEL didn't mention it anytime when they made any historic information available (just remember their 15th aniversary brochure!)
Who is JOTIEL, lol

naked1300 · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 837 Location: Austria,

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