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VORAGO Technologies
VORAGO Technologies is an Austin, Texas fabless semiconductor company that designs radiation-hardened and extreme-temperature microcontrollers and microprocessors for aerospace, defense and industrial systems. Its patented HARDSIL process hardens standard commercial silicon against radiation and heat using conventional high-volume manufacturing, letting spacecraft, satellites and downhole tools run Arm Cortex-based compute in environments that would destroy ordinary chips.
Gordon Moore
Gordon Earle Moore (1929-2023) was the co-founder and emeritus chairman of Intel Corporation, and the visionary behind Moore's Law - the observation that the number of transistors on integrated circuits doubles approximately every two years. A chemist and physicist by training, Moore was one of the 'Traitorous Eight' who left Shockley Semiconductor to found Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957, then co-founded Intel in 1968 with Robert Noyce. His 1965 prediction became the guiding principle of the semiconductor industry and fueled the digital revolution. Beyond technology, Moore and his wife Betty donated over $10 billion through their foundation to environmental conservation, scientific research, and patient care, making him one of the most generous philanthropists in history.