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At Fairchild he became one of the world's foremost experts on semiconductive materials, which have much lower resistance to the flow of electrical current in one direction than in the opposite direction, and are used to manufacture diodes, photovoltaic cells, and transistors. In 1968, with <a href="/people/316/000128929/">Robert Noyce</a>, he co-founded <a href="/company/258/000058084/">Intel</a>, which has since become the world's largest maker of semiconductor chips.<p> In a 1965 article in the trade journal <i>Electronics</i>, Moore noted that the number of transistors that manufacturers could arrange on a single silicon chip had been doubling roughly every year, and said that he expected this trend to continue. Ten years later he updated his prediction, to say that the doubling would occur only every second year. This prediction has since became known as Moore's Law, and decades later it continues to be applicable in the semiconductor industry. In its common, simplified application it now generally refers to the doubling of semiconductor performance every 18 to 24 months.<p> Moore, retired since 1997, has said that he would like his legacy to be "anything but Moore's Law." He has given $600M to CalTech, and $250M to the environmental group Conservation International.<p><b>Wife:</b> Betty I. Whittaker (m. 9-Sep-1950, two sons)<br><b>Son:</b> Kenneth (b. 1953)<br><b>Son:</b> Steven (b. 1959)<br><p> High School: Sequoia High School, Redwood City, CA (1946)<br> University: <a href="/edu/641/000068437/">San Jose State University, San Jose, CA (attended, 1946-48)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/470/000068266/">BS Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley (1950)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/584/000082338/">PhD Chemistry and Physics, California Institute of Technology (1954)</a><br> Administrator: <a href="/edu/584/000082338/">Trustee, California Institute of Technology (1994-)</a><br><p> <a href="/company/258/000058084/">Intel</a> CEO (1979-87)<br> <a href="/company/258/000058084/">Intel</a> President & CEO (1975-79)<br> <a href="/company/258/000058084/">Intel</a> Co-Founder & EVP (1968-75)<br> <a href="/company/349/000058175/">Fairchild Semiconductor</a> Head of R&D (1957-68)<br> <a href="/company/447/000125072/">Beckman Coulter</a> Engineer, Shockley Semiconductor (1956-57)<br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/258/000058084/">Intel</a> (1968-97; as Chairman 1979-97)<br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/559/000125184/">Gilead Sciences</a> (1996-)<br> <a href="/honors/095/000047951/">National Medal of Technology and Innovation</a> 1990<br> <a href="/honors/482/000045347/">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> 2002<br> <a href="/honors/958/000109631/">IEEE Medal of Honor</a> 2008<br> <a href="/honors/032/000111696/">National Inventors Hall of Fame</a> 2009<br> <a href="/org/766/000051613/">American Association for the Advancement of Science</a> 2003<br> <a href="/org/380/000070170/">Exploratorium</a> <br> <a href="/org/210/000213568/">Campaign America Inc.</a> <br> <a href="/org/290/000134885/">Conservation International</a> Board of Directors<br> <a href="/org/169/000168662/">Elizabeth Dole Committee</a> <br> <a href="/org/083/000167579/">George W. Bush for President</a> <br> <a href="/org/603/000052447/">IEEE</a> Fellow<br> <a href="/org/062/000116711/">National Academy of Engineering</a> <br> <a href="/org/191/000126810/">Royal Academy of Engineering</a> Foreign Member<br> <a href="/org/221/000165723/">World Technology Network</a> <br> <a href="/lists/919/000095634/">Asteroid Namesake</a> 8013 Gordonmoore<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/520/000370407/">Something Ventured (24-Apr-2011)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/760/000090490/">The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires (12-Jun-1996)</a> · Himself<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=26024"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=26024">Gordon Moore</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=26024" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>