Robert Noyce

thumb|Robert Noyce in 1959 Robert Norton Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990), nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", was an American physicist and entrepreneur who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968. He was also credited with the realization of the first monolithic integrated circuit or microchip, which fueled the personal computer revolution and gave Silicon Valley its name. Quotes Innovation is everything. When you're on the forefront, you can see what the next innovation needs to be. When you're behind, you have to spend your energy catching up. as quoted by James W. Botkin, Dan Dimancescu, Ray Stata The innovators: rediscovering America's creative energy Harper & Row 1984 0060152850 165 External links Category:Physicists from the United States Category:Inventors Category:1927 births Category:1990 deaths Category:Agnostics Category:Businesspeople from the United States Category:People from Iowa Category:National Medal of Science laureates Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni