Podfather

Oct 12, 2009

0h 59m

★ 0.0

Robert Noyce and the Rise of Silicon Valley

Overview

Documentary telling the story of silicon chip inventor Robert Noyce, godfather of today's digital world. Re-living the heady days of Silicon Valley's seminal start-ups, the film tells how Noyce also founded Intel, the company responsible for more than 80 per cent of the microprocessors in personal computers.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

BBC Bristol Productions

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

James Callis

Self

Gordon Moore

Self

Andy Grove

Self (archive footage)

Robert Noyce

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