June 3, 1990: The Death of the Man Who Built the Chip

Some of the most important moments in business history don't announce themselves.On June 3, 1990, Robert Noyce died quietly at home in Austin, Texas, at the age of 62, and the world barely paused. It probably should have paused longer. Noyce had co-invented the integrated circuit alongside Jack Kilby in separate labs without either man knowing what the other was doing, co-founded Intel with Gordon Moore in 1968, and built a management culture so flat and so human that Silicon Valley is still running on its basic assumptions today. The internet, the smartphone, the modern economy, none of it existed yet when he died. All of it ran on what he built.From bsnsHistory, the daily podcast about the moments when business quietly reshaped the world.Written and hosted by Ron Trucks. Research and editing by Rodney Russ. Sound design by Angela Cahoy. Music by Cody Martin and Soundstripe.For more daily business stories, visit www.bsnsDAILYpodcasts.com