Robert Noyce
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A boy from Iowa became one of the central figures in the rise of Silicon Valley. This episode follows a physicist and entrepreneur from his student days at Grinnell and MIT to the creation of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel. Along the way, we explore the integrated circuit, the team behind Intel's first microprocessor, and the industry-wide work Noyce was leading near the end of his life.
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- The Compass by Sunil Mehta - an innovative novel that uses time travel to go back and look at the lives of three influential figures; Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs and Robert Noyce.
- The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley.
- The Big Score: The Billion Dollar Story of Silicon Valley.
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