The current head of Intel, Pat Gelsinger, actually “signed” for every Intel 80386 processor almost 40 years ago, but this was only discovered now

by alex

The silicon has his initials

The current head of Intel, Pat Gelsinger, as it turned out, «signed» on every Intel 80386 processor (or simply Intel 386). 

Gelsinger was not initially a manager — he was, among other things, one of the main developers of the iconic Intel processor. Computer history buff and enthusiast Ken Shirriff is currently reverse engineering the Intel 386. He discovered that the initials of the current head of Intel are engraved on two sections of the silicon of these CPUs. 

Текущий глава Intel Пэт Гелсингер почти 40 лет назад фактически «расписался» на каждом процессоре Intel 80386, а обнаружили это лишь сейчас

In general, this is not surprising, since etching initials or drawings on silicon stamps — quite common practice for chip designers. It’s just that it was not previously known specifically about the Intel 386.  

This CPU was introduced back in 1985, being the first 32-bit processor of its kind. It became so successful that its production ended only in 2007. Let's remember that in 2008 the first Core i processors were released. 

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