The 1997 Laureates / Advanced Technology Category / Electronics
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Marcian Edward Hoff, Jr.

U.S.A. / October 28, 1937
Electronics Engineer; Chief Technologist, FTI Teklicon, Inc.

“Development of the World’s First Microprocessor”
Together, four engineers (Dr. Faggin, Dr. Hoff, Mr. Mazor and Dr. Shima) developed the world's first microprocessor, the 4004. The four pioneers demonstrated that by integrating a few semiconductor chips, a microcomputer could be created which could perform a wide variety of functions. This paved the way for the development of all microprocessor-controlled industrial equipment and consumer electronics, contributing immeasurably to the creation of new industries, and to the progress of modern society.

Workshop

Forum
"The Birth of Microprocessor and Future Possibility"

Coordinators:
Tadahiro Ohmi, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University(Member of the Prize Screening Committee)
Hiroyuki Sakaki, Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo (Chairman of the Prize Screening Committee)
Moderator:
Hiroyuki Sakaki

10:00
Opening
Hiroyuki Sakaki 
10:05 
Greetings
Toyomi Inamori, Managing Director, the Inamori Foundation
10:10 
Greetings
Yasuharu Suematsu, President, Kochi University of Technology (Chairman of the Kyoto Prize Committee)
10:15 
Commemorative Lecture I
Marcian Edward Hoff, Jr., Laureate
"Conception of Microprocessor Architecture"
10:45 
Commemorative Lecture II
Federico Faggin, Laureate
"Birth of Microprocessor"
11:15 
Commemorative Lecture III
Masatoshi Shima, Laureate
"The Future of Microprocessor"
12:15 
Luncheon
 
 
 
Moderator: Tadahiro Ohmi
13:15 
Lecture
Takao Nishitani, Deputy General Manager, Silicon Systems Labs., NEC Corporation
"Programmable Processors in Multi-Media Era"
14:00
Lecture
Takashi Nanya, Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo
"Developing Asynchronous Microprocessors 
14:45
Intermission
 
15:00 
Lecture
Yukihiro Nakamura, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
"High-Level Synthesis Design for VLSI Processors"
15:45
Lecture
Kunihiro Asada, Professor, VLSI design and Education Center, the University of Tokyo
"Education of VLSI Design in Japanese Universities"
16:30
Lecture
Michitaka Kameyama, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
"Toward New Paradigms for Intelligent Integrated Systems"
17:15
Discussion
 
17:30
Closing
Tadahiro Ohmi
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