Today On 12 December, 2011 Google Doodle celebrates Robert Noyce’s 84th birthday.Robert Norton Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990), his nick name “the Mayor of Silicon Valley”, co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel in 1968. He is also credited (along with Jack Kilby) with the invention of the integrated circuit or microchip which fueled the personal computer revolution and gave Silicon Valley its name.
Noyce was also a mentor and father-figure to an entire generation of entrepreneurs.Source Wiki
Noyce died in 1990 in Austin, Texas, aged 60. His family set up the Noyce Foundation, which works to improve the teaching of maths, science and literacy in US schools.
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