Moore's law : the life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's quiet revolutionary / Arnold Thackray, David C. Brock, Rachel Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thackray, Arnold, 1939- author.

Brock, David C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moore, Gordon E., 1929-2023.

Moore, Gordon E.

Intel Corporation.

Businessmen--United States--Biography.

Businessmen.

United States.

Semiconductor industry--United States.

Semiconductor industry.

Moore's law.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 530 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]

Summary:

"A chemist and founder of Intel, Gordon Moore played a major role in revolutionizing technology and shaping the growth and reach of Silicon Valley. The story of the man--an inventor and businessman whose influence on the world is at least as great as Thomas Edison's, Henry Ford's, or Bill Gates's--has never before been told ... [In this book], Arnold Thackray sheds light on Gordon Moore, gives context to the technologies and world of high-tech power he helped to develop, and provides [an] ... introduction to the history and science of the silicon transistor, the technological building block that has transformed commercial business, defense strategies, and the everyday lives of individuals around the globe"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Moores of Pescadero 1

Into the Unknown 1

Eli Moore Hears the Call 1

California: Land of Opportunity 3

Santa Cruz, Entrepreneurship, and the Gold Rush 5

Pescadero Pioneers 9

Boom Years and Family Senescence 12

Settling Down 12

A Sea Passage to Pescadero 13

Children of a New Era 17

Over the Top 19

Normalcy, Prohibition, and Lawful Life 20

Pescadero Pastorale 22

Good Times in Bad Times 22

The Sins of the Fathers 24

Huntin', Shootin', and Fishin 26

Walter: The Local Moore's Law 28

School Days 29

Looking Back, Looking Forward 31

Chapter 2 The Chemistry of Romance 34

Out of the Backwoods 34

Worlds Aborning 34

Electric Magic 35

Electronics Enters Ordinary Life 38

New Home, New Life 41

The Romance of Chemistry 44

Athletics and War 46

The Sheriff and the Blind Eye 52

Big Bangs 54

Ready to Move On 58

Boy Meets Girl 60

San Jose State 60

Enter Betty Whitaker 61

Life on the Ranch 65

Growing Up 69

The Chemistry of Romance 73

Chapter 3 Chemical Apprentice 75

Berkeley and the Big Game 75

Cloyne Court 75

Nobel Science 78

Rockets and Rose Bowls 80

Betty in Berkeley 81

Elite Aspirations 83

Two's Company 85

Life Choices 85

A Fresh Milieu 90

Tracking Down Badger 95

Luminous Personalities 99

Life Outside the Lab 101

Friends, Acquaintances, Losses 106

Research and Publication 110

Professor Moore? 114

Heading East 118

Chapter 4 Science, Shockley, and Silicon 120

Cold War 120

Missiles, Bombs, and Electronics 120

Meanwhile, at Home in Maryland... 122

Computers and Transistors, Ahoy! 124

Looking for Change 130

"Hello, This Is Shockley" 133

Silicon, Chemistry, and Bell Labs 140

Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory 146

Beckman, Shockley, and Affairs of the Heart 146

Enter Gordon 148

Complications Galore 151

Out of the Loop 155

Things Fall Apart 157

Where There's A Will... 161

Realization Dawns 161

The Die Is Cast 164

The Traitorous Eight 166

Chapter 5 Launch 169

Start-Up 169

Inventing Fairchild Semiconductor 169

Making the Mesa 174

Where's the Boss? 179

Transistors, Texas, and Virtual Reality 182

The Call of the Valkyrie 186

Realizing the Product 188

Going for Broke 191

Thinking Big 195

An All-Silicon Future 195

Particles and Possibilities 197

Defection and Reorganization 202

Men and Booze 204

Planar Takes Off 206

Gordon at Home 209

Chapter 6 Emerging Realities 216

Setting a Frame 216

More Defense for the Dollar 216

A Silicon Valley? 220

New Directions and Dynamics 225

Moore's Law in Prospect 230

The Changing Face of Electronics 233

Learning to Lead 236

Vectoring a Lab 236

The Last Entry in the Ledger 240

The Two Worlds of Fairchild Semiconductor 242

Advances and Setbacks 245

The Promise and Perils of MOS 247

Renewed Direction 249

The Microchip 251

From Proof to Persuasion 251

Moore's Law 253

Failure and Frustrations 261

Making Strides 265

Creative Destruction 267

Rescue and Meltdown 269

Chapter 7 The Invention of Intel 273

Always in a Hurry 273

The Game Plan 273

Obfuscations and Resources 279

Strategy, People, and Premises 281

"Goldilocks" and a Christmas Bet 290

Into Production 294

Pinholes and Progress 294

The DRAM and the Microprocessor 297

Interlude: Keeping Close 300

A Going Concern 303

Funding Success 303

Second Sourcing 305

A Race for Glory 307

The Blind Eye: Grove, Graham, and Gelbach 311

Vindication: The IPO 313

Chapter 8 The Real Revolution 319

Silicon Valley, USA 319

Convergence and Competition 319

Refining the Leadership 322

The Challenges of Growth 328

The $15 Million Wristwatch 331

Transistors by the Trillion 335

A New Sparta? 337

Staying Grounded 342

The Revolution Takes Hold 345

War, Weapons, and Winning 345

Microprocessor Rising 349

Where Lies the Future? 353

Embargo, Interdependence, and Revolution 356

Crisis, Cosmic Rays, and Computers 359

Loosening Ties 363

Making Hay, Dodging Rain 365

Chapter 9 The Great Cost-Reduction Machine 369

Settling In 369

Decision Time 369

Moore's Law Revisited 373

Moore's Boom 376

Chips with Everything 379

Challenges, Changes, Continuities 383

Managing the Machine 383

Fifteen New Intels? 388

Mr. Reliable 389

Betty; or, The Noncorporate Wife 391

Fathers and Sons 395

Home Computers? 397

100 Trillion Transistors? 399

Chapter 10 Revolution, Sturm Und Drang 402

Rising Waves 402

Apples and Opportunities 402

Family Values 405

Priming the Printing Press 408

Killing with Quality: Japan 412

From Memory to Microprocessors and Microsoft 414

CEO and Chairman 414

Crushing and Crashing 417

Electronic Reality, 1980 420

In the Mouth of the Whale 422

Self-Help: The Family Foundation 425

Treadmill, Tracking, and Transformation 429

The DRAM Decision 433

Sole Sourcing 436

Wintel to the Rescue 438

Chapter 11 Onward and Outward 441

Chairman of the Board 441

Microprocessors and the PC 441

Risks and RISC 444

Electronics Rule 446

Road Maps 447

Losses and Gains 450

Changing Scenes 451

Chairman Emeritus 455

"Intel Inside" 455

Moore's Law and the Silicocene 458

Exeunt Gordon 460

Public, Private, Philanthropic 465

California to Hawaii 465

Exponential Assets 468

Serious Giving 472

Making a Difference 476

Cracks Appear 479

Family Business 485

Whose Foundation? 490.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780465055647

0465055648

OCLC:

893455167