Yes, I remember Federico Faggin saying he was frustrated at Intel's policy on the number of pins. The whole exercise does seem like Faggin, Shima and Mazor try

Yes, I remember Federico Faggin saying he was frustrated at Intel's policy on the number of pins. The whole exercise does seem like Faggin, Shima and Mazor trying to produce the chip with little help from the rest of Intel. I think given the target market though the speed wasn't a major issue and they soon rectified the mistake