Noyce-related links of interest
Please see below for some useful and informative websites related to Noyce and his life and work.
Computer History Museum Collection. Includes the following pages:
391 San Antonio Rd. — A Semiconductor Documentary
Fairchild Semiconductor: The 60th Anniversary of a Silicon Valley Legend
1959 – Invention of the “Planar” Manufacturing Process
1959 – Practical Monolithic Integrated Circuit Concept Patented
Fairchild, Fairchildren, and the Family Tree of Silicon Valley
Moore’s Law @ 50: The Most Important Graph in Human History
The Relics of “St. Bob” (artifacts of Robert Noyce’s trailblazing career)
Fairchild Semiconductor’s Guide to Peninsula and San Francisco Bay Area Restaurants, 1969
Silicon Valley Napkin (startup template)
Intel Archives Virtual Vault. Includes the following pages:
Intel’s Founding – July 18, 1968
Announcing a New Era of Integrated Electronics – The Intel 4004
Intel at 50: Gordon Moore on the Founding of Intel
Explore Intel’s History – A Complete Timeline from Its Inception to the Present
Stanford University, Silicon Genesis: Collection of video interviews with the semiconductor technology pioneers of Silicon Valley
Invention of the Integrated Circuit – Solution by Robert Noyce. Wikipedia article on Noyce’s invention of the first practical IC
Intel’s Founding – The Story of the Birth of Intel. The Chip History Center website
The Microprocessor – 1971. The History of Computer Communications website
Gordon Moore’s $15 Million Watch – The Story of Intel and Microma. Grail Watch website
Draper Prize – Robert N. Noyce, 1989. National Academy of Engineering website
