RIP: Gordon Moore, 94

[thewayne]

While Gordon may not be a household name, you might be familiar with a little company that he co-founded a lot of years ago: Intel.

He also coined the phrase Moore's Law, in which he states that transistor density will double about every 18 months. And it was largely proven correct. Now, the interesting thing is that he posited Moore's Law BEFORE the integrated circuit was invented!

He had an interesting life, which included him working with Robert Shockley, a person whose name should be familiar with anyone heavily interested in electronics: he won the Nobel Prize as one of the co-inventors of the TRANSISTOR.

Gordon founded a philanthropic organization that gave out over $5 billion in grants and such in the San Francisco area.

Sounds like one heck of a life.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gordon-moore-dead_n_641ebdbce4b0b8ee3bd25f05

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/gordon-moore-obituary.html

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/23/03/25/0044230/intel-co-foundercreator-of-moores-law-gordon-moore-dies-at-age-94

Comments

[disneydream06]

Rest in Peace Mr. Moore.
Hugs, Jon

[devilc]

Every time I see a giant like this dying, I think, hey, Universe, when is it going to be McConnel's turn?

[thewayne]

Boy, apparently he did quite a number on himself in that fall that he had!

[silveradept]

A life well-lived and significant contributions to the world of electronics and computing.