Robert Noyce was the co-inventor of the microchip, co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductors and Intel Corp.. For these contributions alone, his 84th birthday is worthy of a Google doodle homage. But ...

Robert Noyce, the co-inventor of the microchip, could have won a Nobel Prize on two different occasions, but didn't. For Robert Noyce, it was a case of bad timing and bad advice.

Noyce was also the mentor and father-figure to an entire generation of entrepreneurs, including Steve Jobs at Apple. Not bad for life that was cut short with a heart attack in 1990 at age 62.

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Robert Noyce. Bob Noyce's nickname was the "Mayor of Silicon Valley." He was one of the very first scientists to work in the area -- long ...

Robert Noyce co-founded Intel Corporation, which is worth $184.4 billion today, and Fairchild Semiconductor. He held a doctorate in Physical Electronics from MIT. In 2012, his net worth was estimated ...

Robert Noyce turns fifty-six this month, and his is the last generation to have grown up in families where the light existed in anything approaching a pure state.

Today is the 84th birthday of Robert Noyce, "the Mayor of Silicon Valley." To celebrate his birthday, about 21 years after his passing, Google has a logo ...

Noyce’s monolithic integrated circuit process used precision photolithography to simultaneously create transistors, ... Robert Noyce’s invention at Fairchild Semiconductor. ...

The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program is named after the late Robert Noyce, the co-inventor of the integrated circuit or microchip, who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel in ...

Robert Noyce was the co-inventor of the microchip and co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductors and Intel Corp. For these contributions alone, Monday’s 84th anniversary of his birth is worthy of a ...