Robert Noyce

Robert Noyce

male, deceased (1990)
Robert Noyce, Ph.D. (December 12, 1927 - June 3, 1990), nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and...
Gordon Moore

Gordon Moore

male, 80 years old
Gordon Earle Moore (b. January 3, 1929 in San Francisco, California) is the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Intel Corporation and the author of...
Arnold Orville Beckman

Arnold Orville Beckman

male, deceased (2004)
Arnold Orville Beckman (April 10, 1900 - May 18, 2004) was an American chemist who founded Beckman Instruments based on his invention of the pH...
Jean Hoerni

Jean Hoerni

male, deceased (1997)
Jean Hoerni (September 26, 1924- January 12, 1997) was a silicon transistor pioneer and a member of the Traitorous Eight. He was born in 1924 in...
Jay Last

Jay Last

male, 80 years old
Jay T. Last is a silicon pioneer and a member of the Traitorous Eight that founded Silicon Valley. He was born in 1929 in Butler, Pennsylvania. He...
Sheldon Roberts

Sheldon Roberts

male, 83 years old
C. Sheldon Roberts (born 1926) is a semiconductor pioneer, and member of the Traitorous Eight who founded Silicon Valley. He earned a Bachelor's...
Victor Grinich

Victor Grinich

male, deceased (2000)
Victor Grinich was a pioneer in the semiconductor industry and a member of the Traitorous Eight that founded Silicon Valley. His parents were...

Julius Blank

male
Julius Blank is a semiconductor pioneer and a member of the Traitorous Eight. He was born and raised in New York. He earned a Bachelor's degree in...

Howard Cary

male, deceased (1991)
Howard Cary (1908 - 1991) was an American engineer and the co-founder of Applied Physics Corporation (later known as Cary Instruments), along with...