Gordon Earle Moore
Key Points: Gordon Moore is responsible for “Moore’s Law,” a prediction that the number of transistors that would fit on a computer chip would double every year.Intel Corporation, the largest manufacturer of silicon microchips in the world, was cofounded by Moore in 1968, three years after his famous prediction.Gordon Moore is one of the great innovators in the American semiconductor industry. He was known as a technology philosopher, philanthropist, and engineer, and helped to build and create Silicon Valley....