On 8 September 1972, a proposal was circulated for management approval, with engineering cosigners: Federico Faggin, Marcian (Ted) Hoff, Stan Mazor, and Ben Warren.About a year later, Hal Feeney, an Intel marketing engineer, who had designed the original 8008 chip, conducted a customer survey concerning the new (8080) chip’s specification. Nearly 100 customers responded, with 86 customers finding it adequate for their needs. Hank Smith, the marketing manager for microcomputers, forwarded the following customer’s letter to me: