Bob Noyce

Extracted Attributes

• Patents

  16 patents for semiconductor devices, methods, and structures

• Nickname

  Mayor of Silicon Valley

• Education

  B.A. from Grinnell College (1949); Ph.D. in physical electronics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1953)

• Full Name

  Robert Norton Noyce

• Birth Place

  Burlington, Iowa, U.S.

• Death Place

  Austin, Texas, U.S.

• Management Style

  Relaxed, non-flashy, encouraged teamwork

Timeline

• Born in Burlington, Iowa. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1927-12-12

• Graduated from MIT with a PhD and began working as a research engineer for Philco Corporation. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1953-06-01

• Joined William Shockley at the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in Mountain View, California. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1956-01-01

• Co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor after leaving Shockley with the 'traitorous eight'. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1957-01-01

• Realized the first monolithic integrated circuit made with silicon while at Fairchild. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1959-01-01

• Co-founded Intel Corporation with Gordon Moore. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1968-07-01

• Intel released the first microprocessor, a breakthrough fueled by Noyce's leadership. (Source: SuperCreator Biography)

  1971-01-01

• Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. (Source: NIHF Inductee Biography)

  1983-01-01

• Awarded the National Medal of Technology by President Ronald Reagan. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1987-01-01

• Inducted into the U.S. Business Hall of Fame and awarded the Charles Stark Draper Prize. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1989-01-01

• Died in Austin, Texas, at the age of 62. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1990-06-03

Robert Noyce

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. 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. Noyce founded The Noyce School of Applied Computing within the College of Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan awarded him the National Medal of Technology, and in 1989, he was inducted into the U.S. Business Hall of Fame, with President George H. W. Bush delivering the keynote. In 1990, he received a Lifetime Achievement Medal alongside Jack Kilby and John Bardeen during the bicentennial celebration of the Patent Act.

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• Robert Noyce

  # Robert Noyce Bob Noyce's nickname was the "Mayor of Silicon Valley." He was one of the very first scientists to work in the area -- long before the stretch of California had earned the Silicon name -- and he ran two of the companies that had the greatest impact on the silicon industry: Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel. He also invented the integrated chip, one of the stepping stones along the way to the microprocessors in today's computers. [...] | | | | | | --- --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | "With his strong face, his athlete's build, and the Gary Cooper manner, Bob Noyce projected what psychologists call the halo effect. People with the halo effect seem to know exactly what they're doing and moreover make you want to admire them for it. They make you see the halos over their heads." -- Tom Wolfe. "The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce: How the Sun Rose on the Silicon Valley." Esquire. December 1983 | | Robert Noyce Bob Noyce's nickname was the "Mayor of Silicon Valley." He was one of the very first scientists to work in the area -- long before the stretch of California had earned the Silicon name -- and he ran two of the [...] | | | | "With his strong face, his athlete's build, and the Gary Cooper manner, Bob Noyce projected what psychologists call the halo effect. People with the halo effect seem to know exactly what they're doing and moreover make you want to admire them for it. They make you see the halos over their heads." -- Tom Wolfe. "The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce: How the Sun Rose on the Silicon Valley." Esquire. December 1983 # Robert Noyce

• The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce

  famous of all Grinnell College's alumni, Gary Cooper. With his strong face, his athlete's build, and the Gary Cooper manner, Bob Noyce projected what psychologists call the halo effect. People with the halo effect seem to know exactly what they're doing and, moreover, make you want to admire them for it. They make you see the halos over their heads. [...] Perhaps Bob Noyce was a bit too well rounded for local tastes. There were people who still remembered the business with the box kite back in 1941, when he was thirteen. It had been harmless, but it could have been a disaster. Bob had come across some plans for the building of a box kite, a kite that could carry a person aloft, in the magazine Popular Science. So he and Gaylord made a frame of cross-braced pine and covered it with a bolt of muslin. They tried to get the thing up by running across a field and towing it with a rope, but that didn't work terribly well. Then they hauled it up on the roof of a barn, and Bob sat in the seat and Gaylord ran across the roof, pulling the kite. and Bob was lucky he didn't break his neck when he and the thing hit the ground. [...] Now that he had some money, Bob Noyce bought a bigger house. His and Betty's fourth child, Margaret, was born in 1960, and they wanted each child to have a bedroom. But the thought of moving into any of the "best" neighborhoods in the Palo Alto area never even crossed his mind. The best neighborhoods were to be found in Atherton, in Burlingame, which was known as very social, or in the swell old sections of Palo Alto, near Stanford University. Instead, Noyce bought a California version of a French country house in Los Altos, a white stucco house with a steeply pitched roof. It was scenic up there in the hills, and cooler in the summer than it was down in the flatlands near the bay. The house had plenty of room, and he and Betty would be living a great deal better than most couples

• SuperCreator Robert Noyce Biography & Quotes

  Robert Noyce was a man with remarkable feats – an inventor, a founder, a mentor and an engineer. From a young age, Noyce showed the brilliance in him with a high intellect and astute mind. He began his career as a research engineer for Philco Corporation and later Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory. However, his stint at both the companies was short-lived. In 1957, he co-founded the influential Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation. It was during this time that he co-invented the integrated chip that revolutionized the semiconductor industry. His thirst for more led him to co-found Intel Corporation in 1968. In 1971, he made his second breakthrough by giving the world the first microprocessor. The microprocessor ushered the era of the computer age and fueled the personal computer revolution [...] computer age and fueled the personal computer revolution thus giving that stretch of California its well-famed name, the Silicon Valley. Intel’s huge success came in part due to Noyce’s relaxed management style. He wasn’t the flashy boss types and instead encouraged teamwork in employees. It was his unique style that has become a model for many Silicon Valley success stories. He also served as mentor to future bigwigs such as Steve Jobs.

• Robert Noyce - Wikipedia

  | Robert Noyce | | Noyce in 1959 | | Born | Robert Norton Noyce (1927-12-12)December 12, 1927 Burlington, Iowa, U.S. | | Died | June 3, 1990(1990-06-03) (aged 62) Austin, Texas, U.S. | | Education | Grinnell College (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) | | Occupation | Physicist | | Known for | Co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Founder of Intel | | Successor | Gordon Moore | | Spouses | Elizabeth Bottomley ​ ​ (m. 1953; div. 1974)​ Ann Bowers ​ (m. 1974)​ | | Children | 4 | | Awards | Faraday Medal (1979) Harold Pender Award (1980) John Fritz Medal (1989) | | Website | www.ncfp.org/people/the-noyce-foundation/ | [...] After graduating from MIT in 1953, Noyce took a job as a research engineer at the Philco Corporation in Philadelphia. He left in 1956 to join William Shockley, a co-inventor of the transistor and eventual Nobel Prize winner, at the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in Mountain View, California. Noyce left a year later with the "traitorous eight" upon having issues with Shockley's management style, and co-founded the influential Fairchild Semiconductor corporation. According to Sherman Fairchild, Noyce's impassioned presentation of his vision was the reason Fairchild had agreed to create the semiconductor division for the traitorous eight. [...] Noyce received the Franklin Institute's Stuart Ballantine Medal in 1966. He was awarded the IEEE Medal of Honor in 1978 "for his contributions to the silicon integrated circuit, a cornerstone of modern electronics." In 1979, he was awarded the National Medal of Science. He also received Faraday Medal in 1979. Noyce was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1980. The National Academy of Engineering awarded him its 1989 Charles Stark Draper Prize. Noyce gave the commencement address to an enthusiastic School of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara in 1985. The science building at his alma mater, Grinnell College, is named after him. On December 12, 2011, Noyce was honored with a Google Doodle celebrating the 84th anniversary of his birth.

• NIHF Inductee Robert Noyce Invented the First Integrated Circuit

  In 1957 Noyce cofounded the Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation in Mountain View, California. He was research director until early 1959 when he became vice president and general manager. As research director of Fairchild Semiconductor, he was responsible for initial development of the firm's silicon mesa and planar transistor product lines. In July 1968 he cofounded Intel Corporation with Gordon E. Moore, who had also been a cofounder of Fairchild Semiconductor and a member of the Shockley laboratory staff. Noyce served as president of Intel until 1975 and chairman of the board from 1975 to 1979. Noyce held 16 patents for semiconductor devices, methods, and structures. [...] Register for Camp Learning Resources Blog Sponsor and Donate Back to Inductee Search # Robert N. Noyce Integrated Circuit U.S. Patent No. 2,981,877 Inducted in 1983 Born Dec. 12, 1927 - Died June 3, 1990 Robert N. Noyce, cofounder of Intel Corporation, was one of the pioneers of semiconductor development. Born in Iowa, he received a B.A. from Grinnell College (Iowa) in 1949 and a Ph.D. in physical electronics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1953. He did research at Philco Corporation until 1956, when he joined Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in Palo Alto, California, to work on transistor technology. [...] National Inventors Hall of Fame