Federico Faggin received a Laurea degree in Physics, summa cum laude, from the University of Padua, Italy, in 1965, and moved to Silicon Valley in 1968. He developed the MOS Silicon Gate Technology in 1968; the world’s first microprocessor, the Intel 4004 in 1971, and several highly successful microprocessors, like the Intel 8080 and the Z80 produced by Zilog, his first startup company. Faggin was CEO of several high-tech startup companies he founded and directed since 1974. He is currently president of Federico and Elvia Faggin Foundation, dedicated to the science of consciousness. Faggin has received many international awards, including the 2009 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, from President Barack Obama. In 2021 he published his autobiography Silicon.
Links:
The Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences https://www.aapsglobal.com/
The book: https://spiritual-awakenings.net/
The Scientific and Medical Network https://scientificandmedical.net/
The Galileo Commission https://galileocommission.org/
http://www.fagginfoundation.org/
Producer: Martin Redfern
