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Gordon Moore
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<p>Gordon Earle Moore (January 3, 1929 – March 24, 2023) was an American businessman, engineer, and the <a href="/facts/Organizational_founder/4EgKNRsd">co-founder</a> and emeritus chairman of <a href="/facts/Intel/SMF0gJJX">Intel Corporation</a>. He proposed <a href="/facts/Moore%2527s_law/90CSekhl">Moore's law</a> which makes the observation that the <a href="/facts/Transistor_count/1oDVlhAY">number of transistors</a> in an <a href="/facts/Integrated_circuit/fjn6vg7C">integrated circuit</a> (IC) doubles about every two years. </p>