PEOPLE: Robert Noyce (84th Anniversary – 12 December, 2011)
PEOPLE: Robert Noyce (84th Anniversary – 12 December, 2011)
Noyce is one of the inventors of the integrated circuit, something as important to modern computing as electricity.
Source: Business Insider
Robert Norton Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990), nicknamed “the Mayor of Silicon Valley”, co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel in 1968. He is also credited (along with Jack Kilby) with the invention of the integrated circuit or microchip which fueled the personal computer revolution and gave Silicon Valley its name.[1][nb 1] Noyce was also a mentor and father-figure to an entire generation of entrepreneurs.
Source: Wiki – Robert Noyce