The kid of a congregational minister, Robert was born #on the# 12th of December 1927 in Burlington, Iowa and used up his childhood days in Grinell of the same State. He attended Grinell College and obtained a degree with Physics as his major. He was a born leader, exhibiting extraordinary self-confidence in everything he did. Grant Gale, Noyce's Physics professor in college, obtained 2 #of the# earliest transistors produced by Bell Labs. Gale showed the transistors to his class and Noyce became instantaneously enthusiastic about them. This occurrence would eventually lead #to the# making #of the# silicon chip or something we now call the microchip.
Noyce entered Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1948 #for a# Ph.D. and earned it in 1953. After this he got caught up with the advancement #of the# Germanium transistor during his period at Philco Corporation as #a research# engineer. Noyce would finally leave Philco and joined Shockley Transistor Company to work #in their# semiconductor laboratory in 1956. This company was founded by William Shockley, a co-inventor #of the# transistor. It was in this company that Noyce started research on transistors using silicon.
However, Shockley and Noyce were not meant #to be# together for long as their scientific ideas and personalities collided. Unhappy #with the# company, Noyce and seven of his fellow research workers left in 1957 to establish their very own company, Fairchild Semiconductor. #Being the# director for research and development of their freshly established company, Noyce focused on techniques to develop the compound circuit interconnections needed for advanced electronic devices. In 1959, he was able to merge all of the components in one small block of silicon thus producing his own version #of the# integrated circuit. He consequently filed #for a# patent later that year but a lengthy legal battle with Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments soon followed. Kilby was the first one to invent an integrated circuit; however, it had been Noyce who eventually got the patent in 1969.
During #that time#, the electronics business was young #and the# invention of integrated circuits revolutionized the industry. Fairchild Semiconductor manufactured more integrated circuits than every other company. As Noyce had once done with Shockley, he left Fairchild in 1968 and brought along Gordon Moore and Andrew Grove to form Intel Corporation. They concentrated their efforts in developing and producing silicon chips and microprocessors. Intel ultimately became the largest manufacturer of microchips #in the# world. It still is today.
#In the# latter #part of# 1970s, Noyce initiated some moves to support the electronics industry. He was #at the# front of setting up organizations like Sematech - #a group# of fourteen semiconductor corporations #with the# goal of reinforcing the electronics industry to face foreign rivals. Robert Noyce died #of a# heart attack #at the# #age of# 62 in Austin, Texas. But his legacy will for all eternally be etched #on the# face of microchips, not just in Silicon Valley but all #over the# globe. A noteworthy man.
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