Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Intel's Andy Grove Passes Away

Andy Grove, the former CEO and Chairman of Intel, has passed away at the age of 79, Intel announced on Monday. Grover--who was at Intel since the company was founded in 1968, served as the company's President sine 1979, and became CEO in 1987. He later served as Chairman of the company's board, from 1997 to 2005. Grove was hired out of school as a Ph.D. student from UC Berkeley by Gordon Moore, when he was at Fairchild Semiconductor; Grove was the first hire by Noyce and Moore after they founded Intel.