Intel Co-Founder and 'Moore's Law' Creator Gordon E. Moore Passes Away at 94
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Gordon E. Moore, co-founder of Intel and creator of Moore's Law, has died at the age of 94. Moore was a pioneer in the creation of the integrated circuit and helped put the silicon in Silicon Valley. He was known for his blend of technical and financial risk-taking, which guided Intel to become one of the greatest technological powerhouses of the 20th century. Moore's Law, which predicted that the number of transistors on a chip would double every 18 to 24 months, became the credo of the electronic world and a slogan of the digerati eagerly awaiting the next great thing.
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