Robert Noyce, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Noyce

American businessman and engineer

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1927

Place of Birth: Burlington, Iowa, United States

Date of Death: 03-Jun-1990

Profession: businessperson, engineer, computer scientist, physicist, inventor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Robert Norton Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990), nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley," was an American physicist who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968.
He is also credited with the realization of the first monolithic integrated circuit or microchip, which fueled the personal computer revolution and gave Silicon Valley its name.