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Gordon Moore

American engineer and entrepreneur

Also known as: Gordon E. Moore

Written by Michael Aaron Dennis

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Last Updated: Mar 20, 2024 • Article History

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In full:: Gordon E. Moore

Born:: January 3, 1929, San Francisco, California, U.S.

Died:: March 24, 2023, Waimea, Hawaii (aged 94)

Founder:: Fairchild Semiconductor; Intel

Subjects Of Study:: Moore’s law

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Gordon Moore (born January 3, 1929, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died March 24, 2023, Waimea, Hawaii) American engineer and cofounder, with Robert Noyce, of Intel Corporation. Moore studied chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley (B.S., 1950), and in 1954 he received a Ph.D. in chemistry and physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena. After graduation, Moore joined the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University in Laurel, Maryland, where he examined the physical chemistry of solid rocket propellants used by the U.S. Navy in antiaircraft missiles. Moore soon decided that private industry offered more exciting research with greater ...(100 of 536 words)

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