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Robert Noyce and the Rise of Silicon Valley

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2009 / 59min.

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Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

Documentary telling the story of silicon chip inventor Robert Noyce, godfather of today's digital world. Re-living the heady days of Silicon Valley's seminal start-ups, the film tells how Noyce also founded Intel, the company responsible for more than 80 per cent of the microprocessors in personal computers.

Directors

John Das

Actors

James Callis

Gordon Moore

Andy Grove

Robert Noyce

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