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Computer scientists had been plagued for years by overheated transistors that regularly threatened to explode, and Moore had the solution. In 1968 he created a company to manufacture silicon devices which could conduct electricity without explosive side effects. He called the company Integrated Electronics...
...Since silicon is derived from sand, it was essentially limitless and, more importantly, relatively cheap to produce...
...personal computer age had not caught on yet, so many companies did not yet realize the possibilities of the new silicon microchips...
Intel faced a SIP, and Grove had to make a decision. His choice eventually earned Intel a fortune and gave him a reputation as the managerial master of Silicon Valley...
Grove capitalized on his mentor's "Moore's Law," which says that as silicon chips became smaller and smaller, companies will be able to produce more and more, and computers will run faster and faster...