Intel Launched
“Luck plays a significant role in these things”
Today in 1968, Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore founded microprocessor manufacturer NM Electronics in Santa Clara, California.
In deciding on a name, Moore and Noyce quickly rejected "Moore Noyce," homophone for "more noise" – an ill-suited name for an electronics company. Instead, they used the name NM (Noyce and Moore) El…
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