Robert N. Noyce

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business executive electrical engineer entrepreneur human inventor physicist

Robert N. Noyce was an American physicist, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, and co-founder of Intel Corporation, often called the "Mayor of Silicon Valley" for his pivotal role in the semiconductor industry.

Aliases (4)

Robert Noyce ×13
Robert Norton Noyce ×2
Noyce ×1
Robert Noyce founded Intel Corporation ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	business executive → electrical engineer → entrepreneur → human → inventor → physicist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics → bachelor's degree in physics →
awardReceived	Charles Stark Draper Prize → IEEE Medal of Honor → National Medal of Science → Stuart Ballantine Medal →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
coFounded	Fairchild Semiconductor → Intel Corporation →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1927-12-12 →
dateOfDeath	1990-06-03 →
educatedAt	Grinnell College → Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
employer	Fairchild Semiconductor → Intel Corporation → Philco → Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory →
familyName	Noyce →
fieldOfWork	electrical engineering → microelectronics → physics → semiconductor technology →
fullName	Robert Norton Noyce →
givenName	Robert →
hasChild	four children →
influenced	Silicon Valley startup culture →
knownFor	co-founding Fairchild Semiconductor → co-founding Intel Corporation → co-inventing the integrated circuit → leadership in Silicon Valley →
memberOf	the Traitorous Eight →
nickname	Mayor of Silicon Valley →
notableWork	planar integrated circuit →
placeOfBirth	Burlington, Iowa, United States →
placeOfDeath	Austin, Texas, United States →
positionHeld	chairman of Intel Corporation → chief executive officer of Intel Corporation → co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor → co-founder of Intel Corporation →
religion	Congregationalism (background) →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Ann Schmeltz Bowers → Elizabeth Bottomley →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fairchild Semiconductor ("Robert Noyce") → Fairchild Semiconductor ("Robert Noyce") → Intel Corporation ("Robert Noyce") →	foundedBy
Fairchild Camera and Instrument ("Robert Noyce") → Fairchild Semiconductor ("Robert Noyce") → Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory ("Robert Noyce") →	notableEmployee
IEEE Founders Medal → IEEE Medal of Honor ("Robert Noyce") → John Fritz Medal →	notableRecipient
Fairchild Eight ("Robert Noyce") → Traitorous Eight ("Robert Noyce") →	member
Burlington, Iowa, United States →	birthplaceOf
Robert N. Noyce ("Noyce") →	familyName
Robert N. Noyce ("Robert Norton Noyce") →	fullName
Sheldon Roberts ("Robert Noyce") →	hasColleague
Edison Medal →	hasRecipient
Digital Equipment Corporation ("Robert Noyce") →	keyPerson
Traitorous Eight ("Robert Noyce") →	notableMember
Fairchild Eight ("Robert Noyce founded Intel Corporation") →	notableMemberFounded
Elizabeth Bottomley →	partnerOf
Elizabeth Bottomley →	spouse
Elizabeth Bottomley ("Robert Norton Noyce") →	spouseFullName
Elizabeth Bottomley ("Robert Noyce") →	spouseName