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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectRobert N. Noyce
Dates
December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990
Authorized Form of Name
Noyce, Robert N. (Robert Norton), 1927-1990
Additional Forms of Names
Noyce, Robert Norton, 1927-
Biography
Abstract
Robert Noyce was President of Intel Coropration (1968-1975). Other institutional affiliations included Fairchild Semiconductor Coropration and Shockley Transistor Corporation. His research interests included electronics, semiconductors, transistors, and integrated circuits.
Important Dates
December 12, 1927Birth, Burlington (Iowa).
1949Obtained BA, Grinnell College, Grinnell (Iowa).
1953Obtained PhD in Physical Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1953 – 1956Staff Member, Research Division, Philco Corporation.
1956 – 1957Senior Staff Member, Shockley Transistor Corporation.
1957 – 1965Director, Research and Development (1957-1959) and Vice President and General Manager (1959-1965), Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose (Calif.).
1965 – 1968Group Vice President, Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation.
1968 – 1975President, Intel Corporation, Santa Clara (Calif.).
1975 – 1990Chair, Board of Directors, Intel Corporation.
1979Awarded National Medal of Science.
1980Member, National Academy of Sciences.
June 3, 1990Death, Austin (Tex.).
Occupation
Solid state physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Physics -- Industrial applications.
Relationships
People
Additional
Clarke, Edward N.
Diffenderfer, David W.
Grove, Andrew S.
Saxena, Arjun N.
Institutions
Major Positions
Fairchild (Firm)
Director, Research and Development and Vice President and General Manager.
Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation
Group Vice President.
Intel Corporation
President and Chair, Board of Directors.
Philco Corporation
Staff Member, Research Division.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Grinnell College
Obtained BA (1949).
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physical Electronics (1953).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Michael Riordan's research materials for "Crystal Fire," 1900-2009.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
David W. Diffenderfer recollections of Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, 2002.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Important facts and clarifications of the invention and evolution of integrated circuits, [manuscript] 2005.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Andrew S. Grove, 2004 July 14 and September 1.
The Beckman Center for History of Chemistry
Chemical Heritage Foundation
315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2702, USA
Oral history interview with Edward N. Clarke, 2010 September 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Subject
Robert N. Noyce Physics Today obituary.
The chip : how two Americans invented the microchip and launched a revolution / T.R. Reid.