Gordon E. Moore, chemist and physicist who co-founded the Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, CA. in 1968
Gordon E. Moore (born 1929), chemist, physicist and co-founder with Robert Noyce of the Intel Corporation in 1968. Santa Clara, California based Intel became the world's largest semiconductor company. Moore served as the Vice President at Intel (1968-75) President (1975-79), Chief Executive Officer (1975-87) and Chairman of the Board of Directors (1979-97). Gordon Moore is known for "Moore's Law" which he predicted in 1965 that the number of components that could be placed on a computer chip would double every year. Moore received the National Medal of Technology in 1990 and the United States Medal of Freedom in 2002. Moore studied chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley (, 1950), and in 1954 he received a in chemistry and physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena. Moore was photographed inside of the Intel Museum in Santa Clara, CA, with mannequins dressed in early clean room suits behind him.
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