Gordon E. Moore

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Gordon E. Moore was an American engineer, co-founder of Intel Corporation, and originator of Moore’s Law, which predicted the exponential growth of computing power.

Aliases (4)
  • Gordon Moore ×19
  • Gordon Earle Moore ×1
  • Gordon Moore co-founded Intel Corporation ×1
  • Gordon Moore formulated Moore's law ×1

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instanceOf businessperson
engineer
human
philanthropist
academicDegree Bachelor's degree in chemistry
PhD in chemistry and physics
awardReceived IEEE Medal of Honor
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Othmer Gold Medal
Presidential Medal of Freedom
birthDate 1929-01-03
birthPlace San Francisco, California, United States
boardMemberOf Intel Corporation
coFounderOf Fairchild Semiconductor
Intel Corporation
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 2023-03-24
educatedAt California Institute of Technology
San José State University
University of California, Berkeley
employer Fairchild Semiconductor
Intel Corporation
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory
familyName Moore
fieldOfWork computer hardware
electrical engineering
semiconductor technology
formulated Moore's law
founded Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
givenName Gordon
influenced semiconductor industry roadmap
knownFor Moore's law
languageSpoken English
middleName Earle
name Gordon E. Moore
notableConcept exponential growth of transistor density
notableWork “Cramming more components onto integrated circuits”
occupation business executive
engineer
entrepreneur
positionHeld Chairman of Intel Corporation
Chief Executive Officer of Intel Corporation
President of Intel Corporation
publicationDateOfNotableWork 1965
residence California, United States
Hawaii, United States
spouse Betty Irene Whitaker

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Fairchild Semiconductor ("Gordon Moore")
Fairchild Semiconductor ("Gordon Moore")
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation ("Gordon Moore")
Intel Corporation ("Gordon Moore")
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Harold Pender Award ("Gordon Moore")
IEEE Founders Medal ("Gordon Moore")
IEEE Medal of Honor
John Fritz Medal ("Gordon Moore")
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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation ("Gordon Moore")
Moore's Law
Moore's law ("Gordon Moore")
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Fairchild Camera and Instrument ("Gordon Moore")
Fairchild Semiconductor ("Gordon Moore")
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory ("Gordon Moore")
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Edison Medal
Industrial Research Institute Medal ("Gordon Moore")
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Fairchild Eight ("Gordon Moore")
Traitorous Eight ("Gordon Moore")
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Cramming more components onto integrated circuits
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Moore's law ("Gordon Moore")
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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation ("Gordon Moore formulated Moore's law")
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Gordon E. Moore ("Gordon Earle Moore")
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Sheldon Roberts ("Gordon Moore")
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Moore ("Gordon Moore")
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Traitorous Eight ("Gordon Moore")
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