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Gordon Moore, One of Silicon Valley's Founding Fathers, and an icon of American ingenuity, Dies at 94
IGN ^ | March 25, 2023 | Logan Plant

Posted on 03/25/2023 7:30:40 PM PDT by nwrep

Gordon Moore, the tech pioneer and co-founder of Intel, has died at age 94, Intel and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announced Friday. Moore died peacefully in his home, surrounded by family.

Moore was best-known for his famous observation known as Moore's Law. In 1965, Moore made the observation that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit would double every year. Moore's prediction proved to be correct, and the idea of faster, smaller, and cheaper chip technology is still the driving force behind Silicon Valley's mission to this day.

“Gordon Moore defined the technology industry through his insight and vision," Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said. "He was instrumental in revealing the power of transistors, and inspired technologists and entrepreneurs across the decades. We at Intel remain inspired by Moore’s Law and intend to pursue it until the periodic table is exhausted. Gordon’s vision lives on as our true north as we use the power of technology to improve the lives of every person on Earth. My career and much of my life took shape within the possibilities fueled by Gordon’s leadership at the helm of Intel, and I am humbled by the honor and responsibility to carry his legacy forward.”

Moore was a part of William Shockley's Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, the first semiconductor company established in what is now known as Silicon Valley. Moore was also a member of the "traitorous eight", a group of engineers who left Shockley Semiconductor in 1957 to form the influential Fairchild Semiconductor. At the company, Moore played a big role in producing the world's first commercially viable integrated circuits.

Gordon Moore (left) with Robert Noyce at Intel headquarters

In 1968, Moore and longtime colleague Robert Noyce founded Intel. From his start in 1968 to stepping down in 2006, Moore served as Intel's executive vice president, president, chairman of the board, and CEO.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California
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To: Mean Daddy

Corollary to the 2nd law: There are always cars in the opposite direction when you are in the passing zone.


21 posted on 03/25/2023 9:34:45 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: No name given

I’m sure some will call it unexpected /s


22 posted on 03/26/2023 1:51:00 AM PDT by newzjunkey (We need a better Trump than Trump in 2024)
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To: entropy12

Well he made it to 94. I’d say that’s a nice long life


23 posted on 03/26/2023 3:58:56 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: null and void

Nice one!

RIP Gordon. Thank you for letting me ride on the threads of your shirt tails. I bought my first home off of intel “profits” from stock options.


24 posted on 03/26/2023 4:06:35 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: nwrep

RIP


25 posted on 03/26/2023 7:28:33 AM PDT by fretzer
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To: Nifster

Just another useless old white man bites the dust [many would say].


26 posted on 03/26/2023 7:33:49 AM PDT by ABN 505 (Right is right if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong. ~Archbishop Fulton John)
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To: ABN 505

While typing on their computer or phone

Bwahahahaha


27 posted on 03/26/2023 8:00:20 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: nwrep

RIP.


28 posted on 03/26/2023 9:32:48 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: jjotto

[snip] Engineers like him gathered in secret laboratories in New Mexico, California, New York City and elsewhere to provide the practical know-how the theorists lacked.

“’They were geniuses, but didn’t know how to build a [redacted] thing,’” Zarem recalled, according to his longtime rabbi at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, David Wolpe. [/snip]

https://www.jta.org/2023/03/16/obituaries/abraham-zarem-one-of-the-last-surviving-manhattan-project-scientists-dies-at-106


29 posted on 03/26/2023 12:37:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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