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Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory

Early silicon semiconductor company founded by William Shockley in Mountain View, California. Noyce and Moore worked there before leaving with six others in 1957 to found Fairchild Semiconductor.

Of the 2 people here linked to Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, 0 are founders and 0 are still there. 2 of them also appear at Fairchild Semiconductor. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.

Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.

2 people at Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory

Employee

Role

Researcher
Source · medium confidence. The page confirms he worked under Shockley and left with the "traitorous eight" but gives no years or title.
Past
Semiconductors · Technology 3 / 0
Gordon Moore
Co-founder of Intel; author of Moore's Law
middle-class · some · graduate degree
Employee

Role

Engineer, 1956–1957
Source · medium confidence. The page says he joined in 1956 and left about a year later; his title is not given.
Past
Semiconductors · Technology 2 / 0
Robert Noyce
Co-inventor of the integrated circuit; co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel
middle-class · some · graduate degree

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