Intel’s co-founder dies at 94
The processor is the heart of any modern pc or laptop; nothing can be operated without it. You may get every wire, board, and other hardware assembled correctly, but if there is a slight change in the whole processor, the thing may get ruined.
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When anyone goes to a shop to buy a new laptop or build a new computer for the first time, the shopkeeper asks for the processor, and most of them have only one name in their mind: Intel. Intel has been there for a very long time in the market, and with every year, they are growing to manifolds, not just in terms of sales but also in terms of technology. The company is now going with its 13th-generation processor and has developed a lot of neck-to-neck competition with its competitors. Every generation from the 90s has somewhere with the Intel touch.
Building a large brand that people don’t know other brands are producing processors is not a day’s job.
But as we know, behind every successful product is a brain that created it.
Unfortunately, we lost that marvelous brain on March 24, 2023.
Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel, died at 94 at his residence in Hawaii Islands. He founded Intel along with Robert Noyce.
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Personal life
While at San Jose State College, Moore crossed paths with Betty Irene Whitaker, who later became his wife. Their marriage was solemnized in 1950, and they raised two sons, Steven and Kenneth. Moore had a deep-rooted passion for sport fishing and would indulge in any opportunity to do so.
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He was a seasoned traveler and had explored various corners of the world, discovering new species of fish ranging from black marlin to rainbow trout. His love for fishing and spending time in nature inspired him to actively engage in conservation efforts.
In 2011, Moore made history by having his genome sequenced on Ion Torrent’s Personal Genome Machine platform, which uses ISFET biosensors for massively parallel sequencing.
Education
The followings were his education milestone during his life:
- Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley(B.S, 1950)
- D. in chemistry and physics from the California Institute of Technology(Caltech), Pasadena
Awards
Mr. Moore also bagged many awards in his name:
- National Medal of Technology(1990)
- John Fritz Medal(1993)
- IEEE Founders Medal(1997)
- Computer History Museum Fellow(1998)
- Othmer Gold Medal(2001)
- Perkin Medal(2004)
- Nierenberg Prize(2006)
- IEEE Medal of Honor(2008)
Moore’s Law
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Gordon Moore, an American scientist, also discovered Moore’s Law.
Despite the impressive achievements attributed to Moore, he is arguably most renowned for a seemingly simplistic observation. In 1965, while contributing to a special issue of Electronics, Moore was requested to prognosticate technical advancements over the following 10 years.
After conducting a thorough review of past trends in the growth of transistors per silicon chip, Moore devised what is currently recognized as Moore’s Law: The number of transistors per silicon chip doubles yearly.
Ten years later, as the expansion rate decelerated, Moore modified his prediction to span two years. At the time, his revised forecast was met with a modicum of pessimism; however, over approximately four decades since 1961, the number of transistors doubled every 18 months.
Consequently, magazines regularly interpreted Moore’Moore’ss an undeniable technological principle held in the same esteem as NewtonNewton’sof of motion. The future will ultimately reveal whether or not Moore’Moore’sill is disavowed.
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