When Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce left Fairchild Semiconductor in 1968 to start their own electronics company, what was the original name of their startup?
Intelligent Network Company Microchip Systems Intel NM Electronics The Intelligentsia
The founding of Silicon Valley has its roots with the 'Traitorous Eight' leaving this company to form Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957. Which company was it?
Westinghouse GE Shockley Semiconductor RCA Los Alamos Laboratory
Which captain of industry made this statement: 'Semiconductors are the crude oil of the electronics industry' ?
Charlie Sporck Jack Kilby Robert Noyce Jerry Sanders Jack Gifford
Who coined the term 'Silicon Valley' ?
William Hewlett David Packard Jerry Sanders Alvin Toffler Don Hoefler
What is the name of the infamous bar in Silicon Valley where chip secrets were spilled, rumors flowed and companies were hatched on napkins?
Silicon Valley Lounge Jake's Silicon Grill Murphy's Law Scruffy Murphy's Walker's Wagon Wheel
How many transistors did the first Intel MPU, the 4004, have?
275 1,100 2,300 6,500 12,000
Who is generally credited with the title of 'father of the fabless industry' ?
Suhas Patil Henry Nicholas T.J. Rodgers Gorgon Campbell Henry Samueli
Who designed the Zilog Z-80 -- probably one of the most popular microprocessors of all time?
Carver Mead Robert Noyce Frederico Faggin Ted Hoff Julius Blank
Who invented the integrated circuit and received a Nobel Price for it later?
Jack Kilby Jean Hoerni Julius Blank Robert Noyce John Bardeen
Before the integrated circuit, the transistor, was invented. What was the year?
1919 1929 1937 1943 1947
Who designed the first integrated op-amp, the bipolar Fairchild µA709, which became popular and widely available in the 1960s?
Bob Widlar Ted Hoff Bob Swanson Eugene Kleiner Jack Perkins
Which company introduced the first FDA-approved human-implantable RFID microchip?
Intel VeriChip STMicroelectronics ATMEL Analog Devices
Who is credited for making an important empirical observation in 1965 that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit for minimum component cost doubles every 24 months?
Robert Noyce Gordon Moore Andy Grove Jack Gifford Jerry Sanders
Who is generally recognized as being the godfather of the venture capital industry which became part of the high-tech silicon valley landscape?
Robert Kleiner Tom Perkins Floyd Kvamme Don Valentine Frank Caufield
Who developed the 555 timer IC which became one of the most widely used chips in the semiconductor industry?
Hans Camenzind Pierre Lamond Chuck Harwood Bill Holt Wilf Corrigan
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