The Man Behind the Microchip

by Leslie Berlin

  57. Noyce as Springsteen: family photo, ASB. Remote car starter: Miller Bonner, interview by author; “AutoCommand ’AutoCommand PLUS Remote Car Starter Installation Manual,” ASB.

  58. Noyce flying fighter jet: “Robert Noyce Flies the RF-4C, 7 September 1989, Bergstrom AFB, TX” [photo album], ASB. Kid in a candy store: Miller Bonner, interview by author.

  59. Noyce’s jottings: unlabeled pages appearing in file marked “RNN-Doodles!” ASB. Most fun he’d had since college: Jim Lafferty, interview by author.

  60. It amazed me: Wayne Higashi, interview by author. Higashi and Jim Lafferty, in their interviews with the author, are the sources for the mechanical transmission story.

  61. It gave me a great deal of confidence: Wayne Higashi, interview by author. A variant of the transmission with which Noyce helped is described in Frank A. Fritz and Paul B. Pires, “A Geared Infinitely Variable Transmission for Automotive Applications,” SAE [Society of Automotive Engineers] Technical Paper Series 910407, courtesy Wayne Higashi.

  62. Impacted calendar: Noyce 1989 datebook, ASB. Kick in the side of the head: Ann Bowers to Grant Gale, no date but envelope postmarked 14 Dec. 1988, GCA.

  63. How far do you have to reach: J.F. Welch, “Draper Prize,” [speech typescript], ASB. Noyce’s Draper comments: Noyce, notes for Draper speech, ASB. Gale thanking Noyce: Gale to Noyce, 2 March 1990, ASB.

  64. Increased funding: SEMATECH’s Efforts, 5, 26; Grindley, Mowery, and Silverman, SEMATECH and Collaborative Research, 16. SEMATECH contracts awarded: United States Government Accounting Office SEMATECH’s Efforts, 26. Previous year’s contracts: Advisory Council on Federal Participation in Sematech, SEMATECH 1990: Report to Congress, ES-4.

  65. We’re all customers: Robert Noyce, “SEMATECH and the National Agenda: Remarks Before SEMI/SEMATECH Members,” 24 May 1990, ST.

  66. He was up for hanging out: Ann Bowers, interview by author, 16 Aug. 2004.

  67. Description of the conversation with Brother Joseph: Ann Bowers, interview by author; Penny Noyce, interview by author.

  68. Conversation with Hwoschinsky: Paul Hwoschinsky, interview by author.

  69. Evening with Jobs: Steve Jobs, interview with author. Jobs recalls this evening taking place “about a week” before Noyce’s death. Noyce delivered a speech to members of SEMI-SEMATECH in San Mateo on 24 May 1990.

  70. Change their idols: Miller Bonner et al., “Robert N. Noyce, 1927–1990,” memorial brochure internally published by SEMATECH, ST.

  Conclusion

  1. Entered their memories of Noyce into the Congressional Record: these include Albert Gore, Joseph Lieberman, Alan Cranston, Norman Mineta, Richard Gephardt, Lloyd Bentsen, Don Edwards, Melvin Levine, Leon Panetta, Jake Pickle. (Congressional Record, House, 5 June and 6 June 1990; Congressional Record, Senate, 5 June 1990, 6 June 1990, 13 June 1990, 14 Sept. 1990; Congressional Record, Extension of Remarks, 6 June 1990, 11 June 1990, 13 June 1990, 14 June 1990.) National treasure: Dick Cheney to Ann Bowers, 14 June 1990 [stamped as received on that date], ASB. One of the few: D. Allan Bromley to Ann Bowers, 7 June 1990, ASB. Most powerful personal force: Stan Baker, “Industry Mourns Loss of a Leader,” Electronic Engineering Times, 11 June 1990. Create industrial revolution: Evelyn Richards, “In Noyce’s Passing, An Era Also Ends,” Washington Post, 5 June 1990. Transform twentieth century: Judy Mann, “The Best Role Models are Those Without Fame,” Washington Post, 8 June 1990. Apple tribute: ASB.

  2. Make sure we’re preparing: Noyce quoted in Karlgaard, “Bob Noyce Talks to Upside.”

  3. Maybe 100 components: Turner Hasty, interview by Evan Ramstad, 25 April 1997, courtesy Evan Ramstad. 90 million transistors per person: SIA Web site: http://sia-online.org/pre_facts.cfm

  4. NSF Robert Noyce Scholarship Program: Joan T. Prival to author, 25 Jan. 2005.

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