Robert Noyce

Background

An American physicist, co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and later Intel.

Contribution

Devised a practical monolithic integrated circuit on silicon using the planar process (1959), the form the industry adopted for mass production.

Associated inventions

• The Integrated Circuit

Collaborators & contemporaries

• Jack Kilby

Associated organizations

• Fairchild Semiconductor
• Texas Instruments

Sources & further reading

Each citation names the publisher and the exact reference title.

• Computer History Museum — exhibits & timelineComputer History Museum · Museum
• Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ETHW)IEEE / United Engineering Foundation · Professional body

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