Jewish Invention Myths: The Microprocessor/Microprocessing Chip
Jewish invention myths often derive from poor research or the misstatement of historical facts to make it seem like jews invented something alone that they did. The claim that jews invented the microprocessor/microprocessing chip – the basis for most modern computer and information technology - is a good example of both with it widely attested (1) and Stanley Mazor being listed as the ‘jewish inventor’ concerned. (2)
The problem with this is that it is almost completely nonsense because while Mazor was indeed jewish and also part of the team which created Intel’s first microprocessor - the MCS-4 Micro Computer Set - in January 1971.
The key part is: part of the team.
In other words jews directly imply Mazor created the MCS-4 Micro Computer Set alone but this simply isn’t true as David Laws points out in his 2018 article at ‘Computer History’.
He writes how:
‘Intel’s first effort in this product category, the MCS-4 Micro Computer Set, was conceived as the most efficient way of producing a set of calculator chips. Created in January 1971 by a team of logic architects and silicon engineers—Federico Faggin, Marcian (Ted) Hoff, Stanley Mazor, and Masatoshi Shima—for Japanese calculator manufacturer Busicom, the centerpiece of the four-chip set was the 4004, initially described as a 4-bit microprogrammable CPU. A later data sheet renames it as a “single chip 4-bit microprocessor.”’ (3)
We can thus immediately see the problem in that Mazor was one of a team of four working at Intel and the only jew.
Hence the dishonesty of those promoting the ‘jewish invention’ myth is obvious in that they are trying to claim jewish sole priority where the research team concerned only contained one jew but also three non-jews.
However, it gets worse because Faggin, Hoff, Mazor and Shima didn’t actually get there first, but as an article at ‘First Microprocessor’ explains:
‘The World's First Microprocessor was designed and developed from 1968-1970. This site describes the design work for a MOS-LSI, highly integrated, microprocessor chip set designed starting June 1968 and completed by June 1970. This highly integrated computer chip set was designed for the US Navy F14A “TomCat” fighter jet by Mr. Steve Geller and Mr. Ray Holt as part of a design team while working for Garrett AiResearch Corp under contract from Grumman Aircraft, the prime contractor for the US Navy. The MOS-LSI chips, called the MP944, were manufactured by American Microsystems, Inc of Santa Clara, California.’ (4)
The reason that the Garrett AiResearch invention isn’t better known is because it was developed for the US Navy’s ‘TomCat’ fighter jet and was thus classified at the time so the innovation wasn’t widely known outside of the US military. (5)
Its inventors weren’t jewish either as Ray Holt wasn’t while Steve Geller might be claimed to be because ‘Geller’ can be a jewish surname derived from the Yiddish word ‘Gel’ meaning ‘Red-Headed’ but is more commonly a German and Dutch surname derived from the German town of Geldern and the Dutch province of Gelderland respectively. (6)
Further the basis of both the Garrett AiResearch and Intel microprocessing chips was the work of the non-jewish scientist Lee Boysel in the 1960s as Laws explains:
‘Fairchild Semiconductor began the development of standardized MOS computer system building blocks in 1966. The 3804, its first complete CPU processor bit slice, featured instruction decoding, a parallel four-bit ALU, registers, full condition code generation, and the first use of an I/O bus. Designer Lee Boysel noted that it would not be considered a microprocessor because it lacked internal multi-state sequencing capability, but it was an important milestone in establishing the architectural characteristics of future microprocessors. Boysel began work on the AL1, an 8-bit CPU bit slice for use in low-cost computer terminals at Fairchild in 1968. After founding Four Phase Systems Inc., he completed the design and demonstrated working chips in April 1969. A single terminal configuration employed one AL1 device: a multi-terminal server used three.’ (7)
Put another way, while Mazor might reasonably be claimed to have contributed to the ongoing development of the microprocessor/microprocessing chip. It is simply dishonest to claim he invented it given that he was only one individual in Intel’s four-person team and that the chip had been independently invented two-three years earlier by two non-jews based on the work of another non-jew.
So, no: jews didn’t invent the microprocessor/microprocessing chip.
Non-jews did, however.
References
(1) For example: https://boulderjewishnews.org/2009/an-informal-list-of-jewish-inventions-innovations-and-radical-ideas/ and https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/when-is-a-jew-not-a-jew/
(2) https://christianislamicforum.wordpress.com/dedicated-to-our-jewish-brethren/
(3) https://computerhistory.org/blog/who-invented-the-microprocessor/ also see https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-surprising-story-of-the-first-microprocessors
(4) https://firstmicroprocessor.com/?doing_wp_cron=1718706895.3814079761505126953125
(5) https://computerhistory.org/blog/who-invented-the-microprocessor/; https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-surprising-story-of-the-first-microprocessors
(6) https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=geller
(7) https://computerhistory.org/blog/who-invented-the-microprocessor/