Robert Noyce

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American businessman and engineer (1927-1990)

United States ScientistsLived 1927 to 1990 · aged 62

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

Awards 13

1989John Fritz Medal

1989Charles Stark Draper Prize

1987National Medal of Technology and Innovation

1983National Inventors Hall of Fame

1982IRI Achievement Award

1980Harold Pender Award

1979Faraday Medal

1979National Medal of Science

1978IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award

1978IEEE Medal of Honor

1978Harry H. Goode Memorial Award

1966Stuart Ballantine Medal

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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SpouseElizabeth Noyce

SpouseAnn Schmeltz Bowers

FatherRalph Brewster Noyce

MotherHarriet May Norton

ChildWilliam B. Noyce

ChildPendred Noyce

ChildPriscilla Noyce

ChildMargaret Noyce

Connected to Robert 6

Dennis M. RitchieAlso won IRI Achievement Award

Jack KilbyAlso won IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award

Hyman G. RickoverAlso won Harold Pender Award

George E. SmithAlso won Stuart Ballantine Medal

Gordon MooreAlso won IEEE Medal of Honor

Tony HoareAlso won Harry H. Goode Memorial Award

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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. 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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