Robert Noyce

Robert 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. This work is copyrighted. ... This work is copyrighted. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fairchild Semiconductor introduced the first commercially available integrated circuit (although at almost the same time as one from Texas Instruments), and would go on to become one of the major players in the evolution of Silicon Valley in the 1960s. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) (founded 1968) is a U.S.-based multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Jack Kilby holding an old calculator and one of the newest. ... In lay terms, an invention is a novel device, material, or technique. ... Optical Microscope image of an integrated circuit showing defects in the aluminium layer deposition. ...

Noyce graduated with a BA in physics from Grinnell College in 1949 and a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1953. Since antiquity, people have tried to understand the behavior of matter: why unsupported objects drop to the ground, why different materials have different properties, and so forth. ... Grinnell College Grinnell College is a selective, four-year undergraduate liberal arts college located in Grinnell, Iowa. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a research and educational institution located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MIT is a world leader in science and technology, as well as in many other fields, including engineering systems, management, economics, linguistics, political science, and philosophy. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

While a student at Grinnell College, Noyce stole a pig from a nearby farmer for a college luau and then slaughtered it in Clark Hall. The prank nearly earned him expulsion, if not for the intervention of Grant O. Gale, a physics professor at the time. Species Sus barbatus Sus bucculentus Sus cebifrons Sus celebensis Sus domesticus Sus heureni Sus philippensis Sus salvanius Sus scrofa Sus timoriensis Sus verrucosus Pigs are ungulates native to Eurasia collectively grouped under the genus Sus within the Suidae family. ... A luau (Hawaiian luau) is a traditional Hawaiian feast that normally features foods such as poi, kalua pig (pork prepared in an imu, or earth oven), poke, and lomi salmon, among others. ...

He joined William Shockley at the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory division of Beckman Instruments, but left with the "Traitorous Eight" to create the influential Fairchild Semiconductor corporation. William Shockley William Bradford Shockley (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) American physicist, eugenicist and co-inventor of the transistor with John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. ... Fairchild Semiconductor introduced the first commercially available integrated circuit (although at almost the same time as one from Texas Instruments), and would go on to become one of the major players in the evolution of Silicon Valley in the 1960s. ... Beckman Instruments,now known as Beckman Coulter Inc. ... The traitorous eight are eight men who left Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory to form Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957. ... Fairchild Semiconductor introduced the first commercially available integrated circuit (although at almost the same time as one from Texas Instruments), and would go on to become one of the major players in the evolution of Silicon Valley in the 1960s. ...

It is widely known that Noyce was disliked by one-time Intel CEO Andy Grove. Grove is notorious for his directness in finding fault. He thought Noyce's "nice guy" attitude irritating and felt it was ineffectual. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) (founded 1968) is a U.S.-based multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Andrew Stephen Grove (born September 2, 1936) is co_founder and chairman of Intel Corporation. ...

Intel's headquarters building, the Robert Noyce Building, in Santa Clara, California is named in his honor, as is the Robert N. Noyce '49 Science Center, which houses the science division of Grinnell College. Location of Santa Clara within Santa Clara County, California. ... Grinnell College Grinnell College is a selective, four-year undergraduate liberal arts college located in Grinnell, Iowa. ...

Noyce died from heart failure in 1990, at the age of 62. He left behind the Robert Noyce Foundation, an institute that sponsors research in science and other technological programs. Currently the program is headed by his daughter, Penny Noyce, along with her husband Leo Liu and their son Owen Liu. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Leslie Berlin wrote a biography about Noyce in June 2005 entitled "The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley". Leslie Berlin is a visiting scholar in the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. ... This is an article on biographies. ...

External links

• Noyce biography on PBS.org
• Noyce biography on IdeaFinder.com
• The Robert Noyce Foundation website