I'm happy to see the XC2018 FPGA on this list. I remember when they came out, but at the time I did not realize just how much could be done with simple logic (I was then interested in bit-slice and microcode), so ignored them. I did get to use them though since both the 2018 and 2064 were still available in the mid-90s, even though they were obsolete.
This list is missing RF chips, though I suppose success is from RF technology on chips, not any single killer chip.
I hadn't seen that the posted article was from 2009 until I read the follow-up, which talked about how amazing the Cell Processor was. Good thing that chip didn't make the cut - just eight years after the article was written, it's pretty obvious the Cell turned out to not be so special or influential.
This list is missing RF chips, though I suppose success is from RF technology on chips, not any single killer chip.