Dov Frohman
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Dov Frohman is an Israeli engineer and inventor best known for pioneering the EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory) and for his leadership role at Intel Israel.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dov Frohman canonical | 2 |
| Dov Frohman-Bentchkowsky | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2078892 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dov Frohman Context triple: [Israel Prize in Chemistry and Physics, hasNotableLaureates, Dov Frohman]
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A.
Guy Rothblum
Guy Rothblum is a theoretical computer scientist known for his work in cryptography and complexity theory.
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B.
Michael Kagan
Michael Kagan is an Israeli technologist and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime chief technology officer of high-performance networking company Mellanox Technologies.
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C.
Leon Feldhendler
Leon Feldhendler was a Polish Jewish resistance leader and Holocaust survivor best known for co-organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp.
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D.
Marc Roskin
Marc Roskin is a television producer and director best known for his work on genre and adventure series such as "The Librarians."
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E.
Jay Rabinowitz
Jay Rabinowitz is a film editor known for his work on numerous feature films, including the science-fiction thriller "The Adjustment Bureau."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dov Frohman Target entity description: Dov Frohman is an Israeli engineer and inventor best known for pioneering the EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory) and for his leadership role at Intel Israel.
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A.
Guy Rothblum
Guy Rothblum is a theoretical computer scientist known for his work in cryptography and complexity theory.
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B.
Michael Kagan
Michael Kagan is an Israeli technologist and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime chief technology officer of high-performance networking company Mellanox Technologies.
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C.
Leon Feldhendler
Leon Feldhendler was a Polish Jewish resistance leader and Holocaust survivor best known for co-organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp.
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D.
Marc Roskin
Marc Roskin is a television producer and director best known for his work on genre and adventure series such as "The Librarians."
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E.
Jay Rabinowitz
Jay Rabinowitz is a film editor known for his work on numerous feature films, including the science-fiction thriller "The Adjustment Bureau."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
business executive
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electrical engineer ⓘ inventor ⓘ person ⓘ |
| advocated |
decentralized corporate structures
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investment in Israeli R&D ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dov Frohman
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surface form:
Dov Frohman-Bentchkowsky
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| associatedWith |
Israeli high-tech industry
ⓘ
semiconductor industry ⓘ |
| authored | Leadership the Hard Way: Why Leadership Can’t Be Taught and How You Can Learn It Anyway ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Netherlands ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| citizenship | Israel ⓘ |
| contributedTo | non-volatile semiconductor memory technology ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in electrical engineering from University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| developed | first commercially viable EPROM chip ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
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University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| education | BSc in electrical engineering from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer |
Intel Corporation
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surface form:
Intel
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| field |
computer engineering
ⓘ
electrical engineering ⓘ |
| founded | Intel Israel ⓘ |
| genreOfWriting |
leadership
ⓘ
management ⓘ |
| industry |
computer hardware
ⓘ
semiconductors ⓘ |
| influenced | development of flash memory technologies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
invention of EPROM
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leadership at Intel Israel ⓘ pioneering erasable programmable read-only memory ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentorTo | Israeli technology entrepreneurs ⓘ |
| name | Dov Frohman self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Israeli ⓘ |
| notableIdea | using floating-gate transistors for non-volatile memory ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
general manager of Intel Israel
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vice president at Intel Corporation ⓘ |
| receivedAward |
IEEE awards related to semiconductor memory
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Israel Prize for engineering ⓘ
surface form:
Israel Prize for technology and engineering
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| residence | Israel ⓘ |
| survivedEvent | Holocaust ⓘ |
| workedAt |
Intel Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
Intel headquarters in Santa Clara
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| workedOn |
MOS Technology
ⓘ
surface form:
MOS technology
integrated circuits ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dov Frohman Description of subject: Dov Frohman is an Israeli engineer and inventor best known for pioneering the EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory) and for his leadership role at Intel Israel.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dov Frohman-Bentchkowsky