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structure Intel as what Noyce called “a two-headed monster,” with power split evenly between him and Gordon Moore, was a direct result of Noyce’s having confronted his own managerial limitations at Fairchild. Intel’s board of directors, which included Rock, Noyce, Moore, Richard Hodgson, and senior executives from several computer companies who could bring a customer’s perspective to board deliberations, was an intentional response to Noyce’s experiences with the Fairchild trustees who had been unburdened with any knowledge of semiconductors.
The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley
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