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...ambition landed him a job at Fairchild Semiconductor, a growing California company that had a reputation for snatching rising engineers. But Grove did not stay with Fairchild long--the lab provided him with a much better connection...
Moore knew that these devices, which he dubbed microchips, would redefine the way people used computers--and change the way the world operated forever. Moore also realized that he needed bright and capable young minds to help him, and so brought along his best colleagues from Fairchild...
Grove's devotion to his work, from CCNY to Fairchild to Intel, has been the hallmark of his career. His determination to make his product the best and other products fail came in handy when Moore was looking for a successor--something both of them soon realized...
Details will relaunch in October as a men's-fashion magazine under Conde Nast's newly acquired sister company, Fairchild, which publishes W and Jane. Meanwhile, Maxim, its circulation more than 1.6 million, is the undisputed frat-house president, and it's doubtful anyone can challenge it without embracing the mammarian flat-out. "When Mark and I were at Maxim," says erstwhile Details executive editor Bill Shapiro, "our whole mission in life was to destroy Details, to eat Details for lunch." Mission accomplished, guys...
...Fairchild Professor of Law Andrew L. Kaufman took more than 40 years to complete his magnum opus on former Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo...