Robert Noyce
An American physicist and entrepreneur who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel Corporation, and is credited with the invention of the integrated circuit.
Most quoted
"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like."
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"The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks."
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"Optimism is an essential ingredient for innovation. How else can the individual welcome change over security, adventure over staying in safe places?"
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All quotes by Robert Noyce (357)
The semiconductor industry is unique in that it is based on a technology that is constantly making its own products obsolete.
Entrepreneurship is a state of mind more than a job title.
You can't really understand what's going on now unless you understand what came before.
I think the real key to success is to be willing to take risks.
The integrated circuit was a solution looking for a problem.
We were young and we didn't know what we couldn't do.
The only way to stay ahead is to innovate faster than the next guy.
Invention is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need.
The microprocessor is the computer that nobody knows is there.
I never think of myself as a manager. I think of myself as a leader of a technical team.
The biggest challenge is to keep the spirit of innovation alive as a company grows.
If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.
Silicon Valley is a state of mind, not a location.
The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight.
Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.
The computer is the most remarkable tool we've ever built. It's an extension of the human mind.
You have to be willing to walk away from the past, even your own successful past, to create the future.
The difference between a dream and a goal is a plan.
We are all standing on the shoulders of giants, and we have a responsibility to be shoulders for the next generation.
The price of leadership is responsibility.
Contemporaries of Robert Noyce
Other Inventions born within 50 years of Robert Noyce (1927–1990).