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Robert Norton Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990), nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", was an American physicist and entrepreneur who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968.
May 30, 2024 · Robert Noyce (born December 12, 1927, Burlington, Iowa, U.S.—died June 3, 1990, Austin, Texas) was an American engineer and co-inventor of the integrated circuit, a system of interconnected transistors on a single silicon microchip.
- Michael Aaron Dennis
Meet Intel’s co-founder and the integrated circuit’s co-inventor, Robert Noyce, the entrepreneur and industry leader who left an indelible mark.
Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore founded Intel to create a company that would reflect their belief in continuous innovation. The company’s strong commitment to research and development became key to its meteoric rise.
May 4, 2011 · Six years earlier, Robert Noyce, the founder of Fairchild Semiconductor, had patented the silicon chip. Now his ambitions had moved on and he was bringing together a team to help realise them.
Learn about Robert Noyce, inventor of the first practical microchip and co-founder of Intel, with a biography and collection of historical stills.
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Hailed as the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford of Silicon Valley, Robert Noyce was a brilliant inventor, a leading entrepreneur, and a daring risk taker who piloted his own jets and skied mountains accessible only by helicopter.
