Federico Faggin - Awards

Awards

• 1988: Marconi International Fellowship Award "for his pioneering contributions to the implementation of the microprocessor, a principal building block of modern telecommunications"
• 1988: Gold Medal for Science and Technology from the Italian Prime Minister
• 1988: title of "Grande Ufficiale" from the President of the Italian Republic
• 1994: W. Wallace McDowell Award "For the development of the Silicon Gate Process, and the first commercial microprocessor."
• 1994: Laurea honoris causa in Computer Science from the University of Milan (Italy).
• 1996: Ronald H. Brown American Innovator Award, with M. Hoff and S. Mazor
• 1996: a Lifetime Achievement Award by P.C. Magazine for "technical excellence".
• 1997: Kyoto Prize, with M. Hoff, S. Mazor and M. Shima
• 1996: inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame, with M. Hoff and S. Mazor
• 1997: George R. Stibitz Computer Pioneer Award by the American Computer Museum, with M. Hoff and S. Mazor
• 2001: Dr. Robert Noyce Memorial Award by the Semiconductor Industry Association, with M. Hoff and S. Mazor
• 2003: Laurea honoris causa in Electronic Engineering from the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy)
• 2003: AeA/Stanford Executive Institute Award for Outstanding Achievement in the High Tech Industry by an Alumnus
• 2006: European Inventor of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award by EPO (European Patent Office)
• 2007: Laurea honoris causa in Electronic Engineering from the University of Pavia (Italy)
• 2008: Laurea honoris causa in Electronic Engineering from the University of Palermo (Italy)
• 2009: Laurea honoris causa in Computer Sciences from the University of Verona (Italy)
• 2009: Fellow of the Computer History Museum
• 2010: National Medal of Technology and Innovation from the U.S. President Barack Obama
• 2011: The 2011 George R. Stibitz Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Computer Museum (Bozeman, MT): "For foundational contributions to the development of the modern technological world, including the MOS silicon gate technology that led to the realization of the world’s first Microprocessor in 1971."

The book written by Angelo Gallippi titled: “Faggin, Il padre del chip intelligente” (Faggin, the father of the intelligent chip). Editor Adnkronos, Rome, first edition September 2002, covers the above mentioned awards (pages: 279-285). Its second edition February 2012, titled “Federico Faggin, il padre del microprocessor” (Federico Faggin, the father of the microprocessor). Editor Tecniche nuove, Milan, covers also the topic of Faggin’s interest in consciousness and his “Federico and Elvia Faggin Foundation” (pages: 182-84; 184-186; 186-187). Angelo Gallippi, a physicist, has been teaching Scientific and Technical Communication at the University “La Sapienza’ in Rome. He is author of a dozen books and of an English-Italian Dictionary of informatics and multimedia (text translated from book cover in Italian)