Intel Co-Founder Gordon Moore Passes Away At 94, 6 Important Points About This Silicon Valley Pioneer

Gordon Earle Moore was born in San Francisco on Jan. 3, 1929. He received his degree from the University of California at Berkeley. (Pic Credit - Intel)

He started his research career at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland. He returned to California in 1956 to join Shockley Semiconductor.  Moore and Noyce co-founded Intel. (Pic Credit - Intel)

He received the National Medal of Technology from President George H.W. Bush in 1990, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, from President George W. Bush in 2002. (Pic Credit - Intel)

In 1950, Moore married Betty Irene Whitaker, who survives him. Moore is also survived by sons Kenneth and Steven and four grandchildren. (Pic Credit - Intel)

Gordon and Betty Moore established the foundation to create positive outcomes for future generations. (Pic Credit - Intel)

Moore also wrote a memoir called ‘Moore’ Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley’s Quiet Revolutionary’. (Pic Credit - Intel)