Gordon Moore, who founded Intel Corporation with Robert Noyce in 1968, died Friday, March 24, 2023, at age 94.

The obituary was delivered by Moore's charitable foundation and Intel Corporation (opens in new tab), which said the scientist and former executive passed away peacefully "at home in Hawaii surrounded by his family."

Moore served as Intel's CEO from 1979 to 1987. He chaired Intel's board of directors until 1997 and retired from the board altogether in 2006.

Pat Gelsinger, current Intel CEO, said, "Gordon Moore defined the technology industry with his insight and vision. He was instrumental in revealing the power of the transistor and inspired technologists and entrepreneurs for decades."

In 2000, Moore and his wife established the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to support "scientific discovery, environmental protection, improved patient care, and preservation of the special character of the San Francisco Bay Area."

Even those unfamiliar with Moore's history at Intel will recognize his name from "Moore's Law" (open in new tab). Moore's Law is the famous 1965 prediction that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit would increase exponentially, doubling every year for a decade. 1975, Moore slowed his prediction to a two-year rate, and although its validity is debated today (open in new tab), it is largely true, In 1975, a chip had about 5,000 transistors. Last year, Apple introduced a consumer dual-die chip containing 114 billion transistors (open in new tab).

As for what Moore learned from his famous prediction, his foundation's obituary (opens in new tab) includes a joke he told in 2015: "Once a prediction succeeded, it kept me from making another one."

Moore's prediction was that the next time he made a prediction, it would be a "good one.

Moore is survived by his wife Betty, sons Kenneth and Stephen, and four grandchildren.