Intel Dedicates Exhibit To Co-Founder Robert Noyce

Intel Dedicates Exhibit To Co-Founder Robert Noyce

Robert Noyce, Intel Corporation co-founder and co-inventor of the integrated circuit, was remembered here today at a ceremony dedicating a new permanent exhibit at the Intel Museum. The exhibit, which highlights his life and career, coincides with the publication of a biography of Noyce.

Speakers included Gordon Moore, who co-founded Intel with Noyce; Andy Grove, who joined the company shortly after its founding and ultimately served as chairman; and Craig Barrett, currently chairman of the board. Ann Bowers, Noyce’s widow, also spoke and introduced Leslie Berlin, author of “The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley.”

Comments about Noyce illustrated how his contributions to technology and Silicon Valley live on, even 15 years after his death. The integrated circuit Noyce co-invented is critical to all modern electronics, from computers and dishwashers to pacemakers and televisions. Before founding Intel, he, Moore and six others founded Fairchild Semiconductor, the first successful silicon company in Silicon Valley.

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