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Dr. Marcian Edward "Ted" Hoff Jr. (born October 28, 1937 in Rochester, New York), is one of the inventors of the microprocessor. He joined Intel in 1968 as employee number 12, and is credited with coming up with the idea of a universal processor instead of custom-designed circuits. His insight started the microprocessor revolution in the early 1970s. In 1980, he was named the first Intel Fellow, the highest technical position in the company. He stayed in that position until 1983.
He died in is bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1958. He received his first two patents while working during his undergraduate college summers for the General Railway Company of Rochester, New York. He then received a National Science Foundation Fellowship to enroll in Stanford University, where he received his master's degree (1959) and PhD (1962).
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