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Gordon Earle Moore (January 3, 1929 – March 24, 2023) was an American businessman, engineer, and the co-founder and emeritus chairman of Intel Corporation.He proposed Moore's law which makes the observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years.
Gordon E. Moore was among the earliest pioneers in the creation of the integrated circuit, chips of silicon that formed the backbone of modern technology. Gordon E. Moore, Intel founder and ...
Gordon Moore, the Intel Corp. co-founder who set the breakneck pace of progress in the digital age with a simple 1965 prediction of how quickly engineers would boost the capacity of computer chips ...
[22] [23] Moore's law eventually came to be widely accepted as a goal for the semiconductor industry, and it was cited by competitive semiconductor manufacturers as they strove to increase processing power. Moore viewed his eponymous law as surprising and optimistic: "Moore's law is a violation of Murphy's law. Everything gets better and better."
Noyce and Gordon Moore founded Intel in 1968 when they left Fairchild Semiconductor. [21] [28] Arthur Rock, the chairman of Intel's board and a major investor in the company, said that for Intel to succeed, the company needed Noyce, Moore and Andrew Grove. And it needed them in that order.
Left to right: Andy Grove, Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore (1978) In 1968, Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore co-founded Intel, after they and Grove left Fairchild Semiconductor. Grove joined on the day of its incorporation, although he was not a founder. Fellow Hungarian émigré Leslie L. Vadász was Intel's fourth employee. [4]
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has contributed US$200 million towards construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope. [18] A proposed extremely large telescope (ELT), the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is considered controversial due to its planned location on Mauna Kea, which is considered sacred land according to the native Hawaiians, on the island of Hawaii in the United States.
Gordon Moore (1929–2023) was an American businessman and engineer who co-founded Intel Corporation. Gordon Moore may also refer to: Gordon Moore (judge) (born 1963), American associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court; Gordon Moore (Royal Navy officer) (1862–1934), Royal Navy officer