Silicon Valley Watcher
San Francisco, Ca., United States
December 27, 2012

Intel is one of Silicon Valley's oldest tech companies, co-founded by Robert Noyce, the first to create a practical semiconductor transistor -- the basic building block of our digital world.

In this interview with his biographer Leslie Berlin, who wrote, "The Man Behind the Microchip," Robert Noyce is remembered for his pivotal part in the creation of Silicon Valley and his role in mentoring local celebrities such as Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple.

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Grinnell College
Robert Noyce '49
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