Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder Who Coined Chip Rule, Dies at 94

  • Formed in 1968, Intel is among the world’s largest chipmakers
  • Moore’s Law predicted the pace of the digital revolution
Gordon Moore in San Francisco in 2007.Photographer: Kimberly White/Bloomberg 
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Gordon Moore, the Intel Corp. co-founder whose theory on computer-chip development became the yardstick for progress in the electronics industry, has died. He was 94.

Moore died peacefully, surrounded by family at his home in Hawaii on Friday, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation said in a statement.