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October 28, 1937 (age 76 years) (born). Rochester, NY (birthplace). He went to Stanford university.Hoff joined Intel in 1968 and is credited with the idea of using a universal processor to replace custom-designed circuits. He worked from 1990 to 2007. Hoff graduated in 1958 from Rochester Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering, then went on to Stanford, earning his master's degreein 1959 and his Ph.D. in 1962.