Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (835 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0465055648 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 560 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Finally a book describing the quiet, unassuming technology godfather of Silicon Valley. This is the definitive story of the central theorem of the digital age, the man behind it, and its ongoing impact on us all.”John Hollar, President & CEO, Computer History MuseumWith care and color, Moore’s Law tells us how Gordon Moore, at the center of the IT revolution, applied his knowledge and insight in a quiet and effective way. Moore's Law, his remarkable insight, has proved prescient. Techies will be delighted with its full treatment of an important figure often overshadowed by such luminaries as Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison.”Kirkus ReviewsFinally, Gordon Moore gets the biography
Edmund P. Leigh said One of the Great Pioneers of the Integrated Circuit That Has Changed Our World for the Better !. Gordon Moore is one of the great engineering pioneers that changed our world with the integrated circuit which is the electronic heart of all our devices that we have become dependent on. These circuits control our air conditioners, telephones, ignitions on our cars, appliances in our home.in fact they are ubiquitous. A scion of the early pioneer families of California. This book covers his life from the beginning as a young chemist working with Nobel Prize Winner William Shockley to his founding of Fairchild and later to the founding of world famous Intel whose logo is found on most of our personal computers. . A fine account of Gordon Moore's life and times Moore's law is the definitive biography of the life of Gordon Moore, one of the original Silicon Valley visionaries who helped bring us personal computing, sparked the information technology revolution and conceived of the eponymous Moore's Law. It is a comprehensive overview of both Moore's life as well as the exciting technical environment in which he came of age.The book tells us how this quiet Californian quickly rose to prominence, first in the world of physical chemistry at Berkeley and then in the world of high-tech electronics and engineering. Moore's life changed when he got a call from famed transisto. "Gordon Moore: the Shoulders Upon Which the Giants Stood" according to Old Master. “Moore’s Law” by Thackray, Brock, and Jones, Basic Books is an authorized biography without the right of review or oversight. Thackray offers numerous details of Moore's management actions leading to technological breakthroughs, which many will find interesting. More significant though were Moore's technical hints and decisions and encouragement of others credited with creating major breakthroughs in semiconductor manufacturing, processes, and products which became entire industries. Moore did much more than any of us recognize or appreciate, and this work is a major step in correcting this ov
Brock, and Rachel Jones give the authoritative account of Gordon Moore’s life and his role in the development both of Silicon Valley and the transformative technologies developed there. Their incredible proliferation has altered the course of human history as dramatically as any political or social revolution. Told by a team of writers with unparalleled access to Moore, his family, and his contemporaries, this is the human story of man and a career that have had almost superhuman effects. At the heart of it all has been one quiet Californian: Gordon Moore.At Fairchild Semiconductor, his seminal Silicon Valley startup, Moorea young chemist turned electronics entrepreneurhad the defining insight: silicon transistors, and microchips made of them, could make electronics profoundly cheap and immensely powerful. Microchips could double in power, then redouble again in clockwork fashion. History has borne out this insight, which we now call Moore’s Law”, and Moore himself, having recognized it, worked endlessly to realize his vision. Yea