Selected Writings by Noyce & His Associates
This is a list of key writings by Noyce and his associates (in chronological order) which were used to create the narrative in the novel.
[1959a] Jean Hoerni (patent), Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Devices, U.S. Patent #3,025,589. Filed May 1, 1959 (issued Mar. 20, 1962).
[1959b] Jean Hoerni (patent), Semiconductor Device, U.S. Patent #3,064,167. Filed May 1, 1959 (issued Nov. 13, 1962).
[1959c] Gordon Moore & Robert Noyce (patent), Method for Fabricating Transistors, U.S. Patent # 3,108,359. Filed June 30, 1959 (issued Oct. 29, 1963).
[1959d] Robert Noyce (patent), Semiconductor Device-and-Lead Structure, U.S. Patent #2,981,877. Filed July 30, 1959 (issued April 25, 1961).
[1959e] Robert Noyce (patent), Semiconductor Circuit Complexes, U.S. Patent #3,117,260. Filed Sept. 11, 1959 (issued Jan. 7, 1964).
[1960] Jean Hoerni, Planar Silicon Diodes and Transistors, paper presented at the Electron Devices Meeting, 1960.
[1965] Gordon Moore (“Moore’s Law” paper), Cramming More Components onto Integrated Circuits, Electronics Magazine, April 19, 1965.
[1968] Robert Noyce, Letter of resignation from Fairchild (hand-typed by Noyce), June 25, 1968. Two pages available separately at: Page 1, Page 2
[1968] Intel historical note, The Story of Intel’s Founding (includes Noyce’s hand-typed single-page business plan), Intel website.
[1971] Intel historical note, Announcing a New Era of Integrated Electronics: the Intel 4004 (includes Electronics News ad), Intel website.
[1971] Intel Corporation Annual Report 1971, Intel website.
[1975] Robert Noyce, Oral History: Robert N. Noyce, transcript of interview conducted by Michael Wolff) IEEE History Center, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 1975.
[1981] Robert Noyce & Marcian “Ted” Hoff, A History of Microprocessor Development at Intel, IEEE Micro, February 1981.
[2003] Gordon Moore, No Exponential is Forever: But “Forever” Can Be Delayed!, International Solid-State Circuits Conference keynote address, February 10, 2003.
