Federico faggin biography

THE STORY OF FEDERICO AND ELVIA FAGGIN SO FAR.

Federico Faggin was born in Vicenza.
(1, december 1941)

1944

Federico’s parents, Emma and Giuseppe, with Giorgio (left) and Federico, at Isola Vicentina.

Federico at 14 with a contest model plane designed and built by him.

1956

1961

Federico (first from left) with the two electronic “periti” who worked with him.

The Olivetti Programma 101, the world’s first programmable desktop calculator.

Introduced in the market in 1965, it contained a small computer made of discrete components and demonstrated the value of programmability – only possible with a computer – in a personal calculator.

1965

1966

Elvia and Federico celebrate their official engagement.

The wedding day.

1967

1968

The Fairchild 3708, the world’s first commercial MOS IC with SGT, first sold at the end of 1968.

The 8 big transistors with serpentine gates are the analog “switches” described in the text.

Elvia and F