Robert Noyce
Physicist, Inventor
1927 – 1990
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Who was Robert Noyce?
Robert Norton Noyce, nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968. He is also credited with the realization of the first integrated circuit or microchip which fueled the personal computer revolution and gave Silicon Valley its name.
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- Born
- Dec 12, 1927
Burlington - Also known as
- Нойс, Роберт
- 罗伯特·诺伊斯
- Spouses
- Elizabeth Bottomley
(1953 - 1974) - Ann Schmeltz Bowers
(1974/11/27 - 1990/06/03)
- Elizabeth Bottomley
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Grinnell College
- Employment
- Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory
- Lived in
- Burlington
- Died
- Jun 3, 1990
Austin
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on July 23, 2013
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