Co-founder of Intel in 1968, Mr. Moore was one of the last engineers to bring the "Intel Inside" processor to more than 80% of personal computers in the world.
His Moores Law is a major turning point in the electronics industry, explaining why manufacturers can discount while continuing to improve the performance of hardware
This law has helped promote Intel and rival chipmakers to actively aim for the development of research resources.
Thanks to Gordon Moore's contributions, chips are improved to be more efficient and cheaper, helping to promote much of the world's technological advancement and contributing to the birth of personal computers, the Internet and technology corporations such as Apple, Facebook and Google.
Its great to be in the right place at the right time, Moore said in an interview in 2005. I was very lucky to be involved in the semiconductor industry from the very beginning. I have had the opportunity to develop since then".
Mr. Morris Chang, founder of TSMC Semiconductor Manufacturing Group, said Mr. Moore is a great and respected person.
When Gordon left, almost all of my first-generation semiconductor colleagues had left, Chang said.
In 1968, Mr. Moore and his friend, Mr. Robert Noyce, left Fairchild to found a memory chip company called Intel, abbreviated as Integrated Electronics.
The first person to be hired by the Moore and Noyce pairing was another Fairchild colleague, Andy Grove, who led Intel through the group's explosive growth period in the 1980s and 1990s.
Gordon Moore's talent has inspired other engineers working under him. Under the leadership of the duo Moore and Noyce, Intel invented the processor that paved the way for the personal computer revolution.
He was the company's executive chairman until 1975. From 1979 to 1987, he concurrently held the position of CEO and continued to hold the position of chairman until 1997. In 2023, Forbes magazine estimated his net worth at $7.2 billion.
In 2000, he and his wife, Mrs. Betty, established a fund focusing on environmental activities. The fund has been awarded projects such as protecting the Amazon River basin and salmon flows in the US, Canada and Russia, funded by a donation of about $5 billion from Mr. Moore in Intel shares.
Mr. Moore received the Medal of freedom, the highest civil honor of the country, from President George W. Bush in 2002.
