Robert Noyce

American businessman and engineer (1927-1990) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 62

Robert Norton Noyce, nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", was an American physicist and entrepreneur who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968.

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1990Died3 June 19901989Charles Stark Draper PrizeAwardJohn Fritz MedalAward1987National Medal of Technology and InnovationAward1983National Inventors Hall of FameAward1982IRI Achievement AwardAward1980Harold Pender AwardAward1979Faraday MedalAwardNational Medal of ScienceAward1978Harry H. Goode Memorial AwardAwardIEEE Cledo Brunetti AwardAwardIEEE Medal of HonorAward1966Stuart Ballantine MedalAward1927Born12 December 1927

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Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore in front of the Intel SC1 building in Santa Clara in 1970

Awards

John Fritz Medal1989

Charles Stark Draper Prize1989

National Medal of Technology and Innovation1987

National Inventors Hall of Fame1983

IRI Achievement Award1982

Harold Pender Award1980

Faraday Medal1979

National Medal of Science1979

IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award1978

IEEE Medal of Honor1978

Harry H. Goode Memorial Award1978

Stuart Ballantine Medal1966

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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He was also credited with the realization of the first monolithic integrated circuit or microchip made with silicon, which fueled the personal computer revolution and gave Silicon Valley its name.

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United States