David C. Brock of Computer History Museum

This presentation will survey the life and work of Gordon E. Moore, cofounder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel, and the author of a fundamental analysis of the dynamics of semiconductor manufacturing technology that has come to be known as “Moore’s Law.” In particular, the presentation will examine two contrasting themes that ran throughout Moore’s experience: tradition and revolution. The presentation will cover Moore’s family background and formation as shaped by the long history of Anglo settlement on the San Francisco Peninsula, and review his participation in and analysis of the astonishing technological revolution of the silicon integrated circuit.

Biography:

David C. Brock is an historian of technology, CHM’s Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Director of its Software History Center. He focuses on histories of computing and semiconductors as well as on Oral Histories. David is the author of Makers of the Microchip: A Documentary History of Fairchild Semiconductor and co-author of Moore’s Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley’s Quiet Revolutionary. He has served as a writer and executive-producer for several recent documentary shorts and hour-long television documentaries, including Moore’s Law at 50; Scientists You Must Know; Gordon Moore; and Arnold O. Beckman. David is on Twitter @dcbrock.

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