Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, prophet - 工程師

Kelly avatar
By Kelly
at 2023-03-25T08:41

Table of Contents


Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, prophet of the rise of the PC, dies at 94
By Noel Randewich

https://reurl.cc/DmOZnj REUTERS

March 24 (Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC.O) co-founder Gordon Moore, a pioneer in
the semiconductor industry whose "Moore's Law" predicted a steady rise in
computing power for decades, died Friday at the age of 94, the company
announced.

Intel and Moore's family philanthropic foundation said he died surrounded by
family at his home in Hawaii.

Co-launching Intel (INTC.O) in 1968, Moore was the rolled-up-sleeves engineer
within a triumvirate of technology luminaries that eventually put "Intel
Inside" processors in more than 80% of the world's personal computers.

In an article he wrote in 1965, Moore observed that, thanks to improvements in
technology, the number of transistors on microchips had roughly doubled every
year since integrated circuits were invented a few years before.

His prediction that the trend would continue became known as "Moore's Law" and
, later amended to every two years, it helped push Intel and rival chipmakers
to aggressively target their research and development resources to make sure
that rule of thumb came true.

"Integrated circuits will lead to such wonders as home computers - or at least
terminals connected to a central computer - automatic controls for
automobiles, and personal portable communications equipment," Moore wrote in
his paper, two decades before the PC revolution and more than 40 years before
Apple launched the iPhone.

Since Moore's article, chips have become more efficient and less expensive at
an exponential rate, helping drive much of the world's technological progress
for half a century and allowing the advent of not just personal computers, but
the internet and Silicon Valley giants like Apple, Facebook and Google.

"It sure is nice to be at the right place at the right time," Moore said in an
interview around 2005. "I was very fortunate to get into the semiconductor
industry in its infancy. And I had an opportunity to grow from the time where
we couldn't make a single silicon transistor to the time where we put 1.7
billion of them on one chip! It's been a phenomenal ride."

Even though he predicted the PC movement, Moore told Forbes magazine that he
did not buy a home computer until the late 1980s.

A San Francisco native, Moore earned a Ph.D. in chemistry and physics in 1954
at the California Institute of Technology.

He went to work at the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory where he met future
Intel cofounder Robert Noyce. Part of the "traitorous eight," they departed in
1957 to launch Fairchild Semiconductor. In 1968, Moore and Noyce left
Fairchild to start the memory chip company soon to be named Intel, an
abbreviation of Integrated Electronics.

Moore and Noyce's first hire was another Fairchild colleague, Andy Grove, who
would lead Intel through much of its explosive growth in the 1980s and 1990s.

Moore described himself to Fortune magazine as an "accidental entrepreneur"
who had no burning urge to start a company but he, Noyce and Grove formed a
powerhouse partnership.

While Noyce had theories about how to solve chip engineering problems, Moore
was the person who rolled up his sleeves and spent countless hours tweaking
transistors and refining Noyce's broad and sometimes ill-defined ideas,
efforts that often paid off. Grove filled out the group as Intel's operations
and management expert.

Moore's obvious talent also inspired other engineers working for him, and,
under his and Noyce's leadership, Intel invented the microprocessors that
would open the way to the personal computer revolution.

He was executive president until 1975 although he and CEO Noyce considered
themselves equals. From 1979 to 1987 Moore was chairman and CEO and he
remained chairman until 1997.

In 2013 Forbes magazine estimated his net worth at $4.1 billion.

Moore was a longtime sport fisherman, pursuing his passion all over the world
and in 2000 he and his wife, Betty, started a foundation that focused on
environmental causes. The foundation, which took on projects such as
protecting the Amazon River basin and salmon streams in the United States,
Canada and Russia, was funded by Moore's donation of some $5 billion in Intel
stock.

He also gave hundreds of millions to his alma mater, the California Institute
of Technology, to keep it at the forefront of technology and science and
backed the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence project, known as SETI.

Moore received a Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, from
President George W. Bush in 2002. He and his wife had two children.



雖然和工作無關,但Gordon Moore過逝的新聞應該可以貼到這裏吧?

--

All Comments

Frederic avatar
By Frederic
at 2023-03-26T01:03
真的被老黃說中了,摩爾已死,RIP
Suhail Hany avatar
By Suhail Hany
at 2023-03-26T17:24
CS碼農:這咖是誰
https://i.imgur.com/o9X1x3u.jpg
Zora avatar
By Zora
at 2023-03-27T09:46
!!
Rosalind avatar
By Rosalind
at 2023-03-28T02:07
你連簡單翻譯都不肯,是要訓練大家嗎?
Hedda avatar
By Hedda
at 2023-03-28T18:29
我CS人也知道他啊。RIP.
Daniel avatar
By Daniel
at 2023-03-29T10:50
摩爾已死,幫QQ
Caitlin avatar
By Caitlin
at 2023-03-30T03:11
老黃:摩爾定律已死(物理)
Daniel avatar
By Daniel
at 2023-03-30T19:33
東西要夠便宜怎麼會好意思存在~XD
Isabella avatar
By Isabella
at 2023-03-31T11:54
摩爾猜想
Gilbert avatar
By Gilbert
at 2023-03-31T06:58
這回摩爾定律真的死了 QQ
Candice avatar
By Candice
at 2023-03-31T23:20
Moore 1929出生 張忠謀1932
張忠謀好像年假也會去住夏威夷?
Charlotte avatar
By Charlotte
at 2023-03-31T06:58
R.I.P
Thomas avatar
By Thomas
at 2023-03-31T23:20
美國早年很多有錢人都會買夏威夷豪宅退休或是度假
用的,夏威夷步調真的很悠閒,難怪能長壽

系統廠硬體工程師產品選擇

Quanna avatar
By Quanna
at 2023-03-25T01:29
大家好 有鑒於系統廠EE硬體工程師非常多 產品也五花八門 今天就來討論一下 未來10-20年之間可能會持續爆發的產品 1. 車用電子產品:車機IVI, ADAS等硬體設計 2. 伺服器硬體設計:x86架構 3. 筆記電腦 4. 手機 5.工業電腦 6.穿戴裝置 7.無線充電 有漏掉的領域再麻煩各位先進補充 ...

華為:基本實現14奈米以上EDA國產化

Leila avatar
By Leila
at 2023-03-25T00:40
在日前華為舉行的硬、軟件工具誓師大會上,華為輪值董事長徐直軍表示,華為 晶片設計EDA工具團隊聯合國內EDA企業,共同打造了14nm以上工藝所需EDA工具, 基本實現了14nm以上EDA工具國產化,2023年將完成對其全面驗證。   EDA工具一般是指電子設計自動化軟件,大致可分為晶片設計輔助軟件、可 編程 ...

半導體4月冰風暴?專家曝:這兩家更慘

John avatar
By John
at 2023-03-24T23:09
半導體4月冰風暴?專家曝:這兩家恐更慘 工商時報 數位編輯 2023.03.24 https://i.imgur.com/dB34J5y.jpg 台積電股價連日走高後拉回,546元「巴菲特魔咒」遲遲未能解除。圖/摘自Unsplash 台積電股價連日走高後拉回,546元「巴菲特魔咒」遲遲未能解除,除高盛 ...

台積電拼2030年新進工程師女性占比30%

Elizabeth avatar
By Elizabeth
at 2023-03-24T23:06
新聞標題: 台積電拼2030年新進工程師女性占比30% 台積電(2330)人力資源資深副總經理何麗梅今(24)日表示,科技界女性從業比率較低 ,全世界都是如此,台積電員工中女性占34%,其中新進工程師女性占23%,女性主管占 13%,已訂定2030年新目標新進工程師女性要達30%,女性主管則要到20% ...

找工作與面試心得分享

Belly avatar
By Belly
at 2023-03-24T22:48
(代PO) 我是118碩畢工作有一段時間的小RD 工作已有幾年的時間,也待過了不少間公司,因上一間 公司制度文化有很大的問題於是有了換工作的想法, 鼓起勇氣我選擇了離開舒適圈,目前也找到理想的工作 因在版上獲得一些資訊想回饋,所以分享個人在在找工 作的一些方法~ 先說一下~我個人非常看重公司的制度、文化與 ...