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Robert Norton Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990), nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel in 1968. He is also credited (along with Jack Kilby) with the invention of the integrated circuit or microchip. While Kilby's invention was 6 months earlier, he did not share his finding publicly, and neither man rejected the title of co-inventor.
Noyce was born in Burlington, Iowa to Ralf and Harriet Noyce. He graduated with a BA in physics from...
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