Eugene Meieran

By Gene Meieran Almost forty years ago, when I worked for Fairchild Semiconductor, I received an unusual telephone call from Andy Procassini, head of Fairchild Quality Assurance.

By Eugene S. Meieran and Harrison H. Schmitt In 1968, Gordon Moore and Bob Noyce left Fairchild Semiconductor to form Intel Corporation. Intel soon became one of the most important companies in the world, a crucial driver of the Information Age, while Fairchild declined.