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The Intel Trinity

How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company

Michael S. Malone 2014 BvtnLib 338.7621 MAL

Some interesting factoids. Some may be incorrect. I may add a few notes later, but I would prefer to do so from a revised edition with less redundancy, more explanation, and citing more sources (many of this book's references are Malone's other books, not primary sources, NOT useful).

I enjoyed Leslie Berlin's excellent The Man Behind the Microchip, and Grove's autobiography and management books.

I want to know more about Gordon Moore ("Trinity" was aggravatingly sparse) so ordered a used copy of Moore's Law: the Life of Gordon Moore by Thackray, 2015 through Alibris.

p4 David Packard managing HP during WW2 (Hewlett served in Signal Corps). Established targets, trusted (female) employees to learn how to meet them.
p5 Lockheed Sunnyvale largest employer in late 1940s
p12 Shockley Semiconductor: Photolithography Bob Noyce and Jay Last, Diffusion Gordon More and Jean Hoerni, Crystals Sheldon Roberts, 2n696 double-diffused-base transistor Victor Grinich and Murray Siegel, investors Eugene Kleiner.
p14 visionary Noyce presentation to Sherman Fairchild
p18 1959 trade show TI integrated circuit, led to Fairchild ICs with planar transistors
p21 error: Hired manager Ed Baldwin left in 1959 (with Fairchild IP, and the mesa process, but NOT Hoerni's planar process) to start Rheem, which failed in 1961.
p22 Charles Spork, Don Valentine (later VC, Something Ventured), Jerry Sanders, Mike Markkula, Jack Gifford (Intersil, AMD, Maxim), Bob Widlar.
p24 Marshal Cox
p25 Andy Grove UCB PhD Chemistry, hired 1964
- Andy Grove's 1967 text "Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Devices" earned me my first summer job at Tektronix in 1969(?).
p26 Lester Hogan at Motorola, later to Intel in 1969.
p27 (cite?) Spring 1965 conference, Noyce announced all major Fairchild ICs for one dollar
p31 error: Widlar sheep, not goat
p32 1966 Fairchild, 12000 employees, $130M sales, Spork and Widlar left for National Semiconductor
- Andy Grove's 1967 text "Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Devices"
p36 Fairchild belittled Noyce, Noyce hired Hogan to replace himself (huge salary and options)
p44 1968 Noyce, Moore, Arthur Rock start Intel, p46 Grove (as employee) follows Moore
p48 Grove recruits Les Vadász Malone obsesses about Grove's dislike of Noyce
p54 Silicon gate MOS
p55 500K × $5 shares convertable debentures, interest-paying IOUs convertable to stock at IPO
p57 $100K investment in 1968 would be $3 billion in 2014
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 .'''p4''' David Packard managing HP during WW2 (Hewlett served in Signal Corps).  Established targets, trusted (female) employees to learn how to meet them.
 .'''p5''' Lockheed Sunnyvale largest employer in late 1940s
 .'''p12''' Shockley Semiconductor: Photolithography Bob Noyce and Jay Last, Diffusion Gordon More and Jean Hoerni, Crystals Sheldon Roberts,  2n696 double-diffused-base transistor Victor Grinich and Murray Siegel, investors Eugene Kleiner.
 .'''p14''' visionary Noyce presentation to Sherman Fairchild
 .'''p18''' 1959 trade show TI integrated circuit, led to Fairchild ICs with planar transistors
 .'''p21 error:''' Hired manager Ed Baldwin left in 1959 (with Fairchild IP, and the mesa process, but [[ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/mannerisms/yarns/the-worst-timed-spin-off-in-se-2010-02/ |NOT Hoerni's planar process ]]) to start Rheem, which failed in 1961.  
 .'''p22''' [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._Sporck | Charles Spork ]], [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Valentine | Don Valentine ]] (later VC, [[ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1737747/ | Something Ventured ]]), [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Sanders_(businessman) | Jerry Sanders ]], [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Markkula | Mike Markkula ]], [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Gifford | Jack Gifford ]] (Intersil, AMD, Maxim), [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Widlar | Bob Widlar ]].
 .'''p24''' [[ http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2012/08/102746412-05-01-acc.pdf | Marshal Cox ]]
 .'''p25''' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Grove | Andy Grove ]] UCB PhD Chemistry, hired 1964
  . Andy Grove's 1967 text "Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Devices" earned me my first summer job at Tektronix in 1969(?).
 .'''p26''' [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Hogan | Lester Hogan ]] at Motorola, later to Intel in 1969.
 .'''p27''' ''(cite?)'' Spring 1965 conference, Noyce announced all major Fairchild ICs for one dollar
 .'''p31 error:''' Widlar sheep, not goat
 .'''p32''' 1966 Fairchild, 12000 employees, $130M sales, Spork and Widlar left for National Semiconductor
  . Andy Grove's 1967 text "Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Devices" 
 .'''p36''' Fairchild belittled Noyce, Noyce hired Hogan to replace himself (huge salary and options)
 .'''p44''' 1968 Noyce, Moore, Arthur Rock start Intel, p46 Grove (as employee) follows Moore
 .'''p48''' Grove recruits [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_L._Vad%C3%A1sz | Les Vadász ]]  Malone obsesses about Grove's dislike of Noyce
 .'''p54''' Silicon gate MOS
 .'''p55''' 500K × $5 shares convertable debentures, interest-paying IOUs convertable to stock at IPO
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