Intel Co-Founder/Creator of 'Moore's Law' Gordon Moore Dies at Age 94 (intel.com) 30
Intel announced Friday that Gordon Moore, Intel's co-founder, has died at the age of 94:
Moore and his longtime colleague Robert Noyce founded Intel in July 1968. Moore initially served as executive vice president until 1975, when he became president. In 1979, Moore was named chairman of the board and chief executive officer, posts he held until 1987, when he gave up the CEO position and continued as chairman. In 1997, Moore became chairman emeritus, stepping down in 2006.
During his lifetime, Moore also dedicated his focus and energy to philanthropy, particularly environmental conservation, science and patient care improvements. Along with his wife of 72 years, he established the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, which has donated more than $5.1 billion to charitable causes since its founding in 2000....
"Though he never aspired to be a household name, Gordon's vision and his life's work enabled the phenomenal innovation and technological developments that shape our everyday lives," said foundation president Harvey Fineberg. "Yet those historic achievements are only part of his legacy. His and Betty's generosity as philanthropists will shape the world for generations to come."
Pat Gelsinger, Intel CEO, said, "Gordon Moore defined the technology industry through his insight and vision. He was instrumental in revealing the power of transistors, and inspired technologists and entrepreneurs across the decades. We at Intel remain inspired by Moore's Law and intend to pursue it until the periodic table is exhausted...."
Prior to establishing Intel, Moore and Noyce participated in the founding of Fairchild Semiconductor, where they played central roles in the first commercial production of diffused silicon transistors and later the world's first commercially viable integrated circuits. The two had previously worked together under William Shockley, the co-inventor of the transistor and founder of Shockley Semiconductor, which was the first semiconductor company established in what would become Silicon Valley.
During his lifetime, Moore also dedicated his focus and energy to philanthropy, particularly environmental conservation, science and patient care improvements. Along with his wife of 72 years, he established the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, which has donated more than $5.1 billion to charitable causes since its founding in 2000....
"Though he never aspired to be a household name, Gordon's vision and his life's work enabled the phenomenal innovation and technological developments that shape our everyday lives," said foundation president Harvey Fineberg. "Yet those historic achievements are only part of his legacy. His and Betty's generosity as philanthropists will shape the world for generations to come."
Pat Gelsinger, Intel CEO, said, "Gordon Moore defined the technology industry through his insight and vision. He was instrumental in revealing the power of transistors, and inspired technologists and entrepreneurs across the decades. We at Intel remain inspired by Moore's Law and intend to pursue it until the periodic table is exhausted...."
Prior to establishing Intel, Moore and Noyce participated in the founding of Fairchild Semiconductor, where they played central roles in the first commercial production of diffused silicon transistors and later the world's first commercially viable integrated circuits. The two had previously worked together under William Shockley, the co-inventor of the transistor and founder of Shockley Semiconductor, which was the first semiconductor company established in what would become Silicon Valley.
Peace (Score:5, Funny)
Thanks for all of the chips.
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Thanks for the memories?
RIP In Peace (Score:2)
Never became a household name (Score:5, Insightful)
But nevertheless, he still had a profound impact on the world. This great man was content to let his work speak for itself.
There's a certain "tech leader" today who would do well to follow Moore's example. I mean the being humble part, obviously (not the passing away).
Re:Never became a household name (Score:4, Insightful)
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Re:Moore's Law is dead (Score:5, Interesting)
Philosophical? Gordon Moore just died. Moore's law, in contrast, has been dead for years.
We know it's dead because we get stupid articles here ever few months arguing about how it really still holds true provided that we use some completely different metric, look at it from the side while squinting, and wish really hard.
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As far as I can tell, Moore's law still holds true to this day. It's about the number of transistors in microchips - that's the only metrics that is mentioned - and it still has not stopped.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
Re:Moore's Law is dead (Score:4, Informative)
We've also hit a point of diminishing returns several years ago as far as many desktop users are concerned. Mobile devices often offer enough computational power for people who aren't concerned with productive uses of their device. We can't increase clock speed like we used to and there's only so much parallelism to be extracted from most applications.
Hold on a second (Score:5, Funny)
Has Netcraft confirmed this?
Maybe not 100% with Moore's Law (Score:5, Interesting)
But just dang was he closer than most predictions since the 1960's
Goodbye Mr. Chips! (Score:2)
Patrick Gelsinger (Score:1)
"Time to write some new laws...NAMED AFTER ME! Of course!"
The king is dead. Long live The King!
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Gelsigner, credited with tick tock. Which it turns out, only works when you have a monopoly.
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Paul Otelinni was the tick tocker. Which worked great for many years until PTD FUBAR’d 10 nm.
History will remember the Founders of Intel (Score:5, Funny)
Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Elon Musk.
Harbingere (Score:2)
Sad, and a harbinger of the transformation of Intel from a place of visionaries to a land of bean counters, part of the life cycle of such companies.
Condolences (Score:2)
I Love You All
Mark Allyn
Intel (Score:1)
could use him right now
2025 (Score:2)
A slight extrapolation (Score:2)
In 18 months he will be twice as dead.
Did they ever pay Gilbert Hyatt? (Score:2)
PBS Silicon Valley (Score:2)
For a great show about how Silicon Valley started and how Intel and Noyce and Moore played a role in it all.
You need to watch the PBS American Experience film.
It's on the PBS site in parts
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/ameri... [pbs.org]
Thank you Gordon Moore for your passion and drive to really push all of this technology to the next level in the days when others didn't understand.