Robert Noyce
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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- Born in
- Burlington
- Educated at
- Grinnell CollegeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences🏆 IEEE Medal of Honor🏆 National Medal of Science🏆 National Medal of Technology and Innovation🏆 Charles Stark Draper Prize
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1927
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