Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel and giant of the semiconductor and technology industry, died on Friday, March 24, 2023, at his home in Hawaii. Moore co-founded Intel with Robert Noyce in 1968 after the two worked closely for a decade in the fledgling California semiconductor industry. The two took a different approach from industry norms and built Intel on the idea of manufacturing complex, general-purpose chips in high volume — the basic model that still underpins Intel’s business.
While Noyce, nicknamed the “Mayor of Silicon Valley,” is often credited with setting Intel’s early vision and much of its culture, Moore was the technology wizard who guided Intel’s early lead in silicon memory, the invention of the microprocessor, and the company’s shift from memory to microprocessors in the mid-1980s.
In the public eye, Moore is best known for Moore’s Law, the 1965 prediction that the number of transistors in a circuit would double every year. In 1975, Moore revised it to every two years, and it has since become shorthand for rapid technological change.
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In an undated photo, Gordon Moore works at Intel Corporation. Intel and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announced that company co-founder Gordon Moore died on March 24, 2023. The author of Moore's Law was 94. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel Corporation, is interviewed by Tom Friedman in 2015 during 50th anniversary ceremonies of Moore's Law. Moore co-founded Intel Corporation in July 1968 and served the company as executive vice president, president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board. (Credit: Walden Kirsch/Intel Corporation)
Gordon Moore was the co-founder of Intel Corporation and the author of Moore's Law. He co-founded Intel Corporation in July 1968 and served the company as executive vice president, president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
A photo from the 1970s shows Gordon Moore (left) and Robert Noyce. Moore and Noyce were co-founders of Intel Corporation in July 1968. Moore served the company as executive vice president, president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel Corporation, is interviewed in 2015 during 50th anniversary ceremonies of Moore's Law. Moore co-founded Intel Corporation in July 1968 and served the company as executive vice president, president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board. (Credit: Walden Kirsch/Intel Corporation)
Gordon Moore was the co-founder of Intel Corporation and the author of Moore's Law. He co-founded Intel Corporation in July 1968 and served the company as executive vice president, president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Gordon Moore was the co-founder of Intel Corporation and the author of Moore's Law. He co-founded Intel Corporation in July 1968 and served the company as executive vice president, president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Gordon Moore was the co-founder of Intel Corporation and the author of Moore's Law. He co-founded Intel Corporation in July 1968 and served the company as executive vice president, president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Gordon Moore was the co-founder of Intel Corporation and the author of Moore's Law. He co-founded Intel Corporation in July 1968 and served the company as executive vice president, president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
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Videos
Intel Co-Founder Gordon Moore: Thoughts on the 50th Anniversary of Moore’s Law
April 2015 marked the 50th Anniversary of Moore’s Law. Three years before co-founding Intel, Gordon Moore made a simple observation that has revolutionized the computing industry. It states, the number of transistors – the fundamental building blocks of the microprocessor and the digital age – incorporated on a computer chip will double every two years, resulting in increased computing power and devices that are faster, smaller and lower cost. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Moore's Law 50th Anniversary (B-Roll)
In 1965, Gordon Moore made a simple observation that has revolutionized the computing industry. It states, the number of transistors – the fundamental building blocks of the microprocessor and the digital age – incorporated on a computer chip will double every two years, resulting in increased computing power and devices that are faster, smaller and lower cost. This video package includes sound bites from Gordon Moore, archival photos, manufacturing b-roll and videos of Gordon Moore. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
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