Semiconductor Industry Trivia Quiz
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- 1.When Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce left Fairchild Semiconductor in 1968 to start their own electronics company, what was the original name of their startup?
- A.
Intelligent Network Company
- B.
Intel
- C.
NM Electronics
- D.
The Intelligentsia
- E.
Microchip
- 2.The founding of Silicon Valley has its roots with the 'Traitorous Eight' leaving this company to form Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957. Which company was it?
- A.
Shockley Semiconductor
- B.
Westinghouse
- C.
GE
- D.
RCA
- E.
Los Alamos
- 3.Which captain of industry made this statement: 'Semiconductors are the crude oil of the electronics industry' ?
- A.
Charlie Sporck
- B.
Jerry Sanders
- C.
Jack Kilby
- D.
Jack Gifford
- E.
Robert Noyce
- 4.Who coined the term 'Silicon Valley' ?
- A.
Don Hoefler
- B.
Jerry Sanders
- C.
Alvin Toffler
- D.
David Packard
- E.
William Hewlett
- 5.What is the name of the infamous bar in Silicon Valley where chip secrets were spilled, rumors flowed and companies were hatched on napkins?
- A.
Walker's Wagon Wheel
- B.
Silicon Valley Lounge
- C.
Jake's Silicon Grill
- D.
The Lion and Compass
- E.
Murphy's Law
- 6.How many transistors did the first Intel MPU, the 4004, have?
- A.
275
- B.
1,100
- C.
6,500
- D.
2,300
- E.
12,000
- 7.Who is generally credited with the title of 'father of the fabless industry' ?
- A.
Henry Nicholas
- B.
T.J. Rodgers
- C.
Gordon Campbell
- D.
Henry Samueli
- E.
Suhas Patil
- 8.Who designed the Zilog Z-80 -- probably one of the most popular microprocessors of all time?
- A.
Frederico Faggin
- B.
Ted Hoff
- C.
Robert Noyce
- D.
Carver Mead
- E.
Julius Blank
- 9.Who invented the integrated circuit and received a Nobel Price for it later?
- A.
Jean Horni
- B.
Julius Blank
- C.
Robert Noyce
- D.
John Bardeen
- E.
Jack Kilby
- 10.Before the integrated circuit, the transistor, was invented. What was the year?
- A.
1947
- B.
1929
- C.
1937
- D.
1943
- E.
1919
- 11.Who designed the first integrated op-amp, the bipolar Fairchild µA709, which became popular and widely available in the 1960s?
- A.
Ted Hoff
- B.
Bob Swanson
- C.
Eugene Kleiner
- D.
Bob Vidlar
- E.
Jack Perkins
- 12.Which company introduced the first FDA-approved human-implantable RFID microchip?
- A.
VeriChip
- B.
Intel
- C.
STMicroelectronics
- D.
ATMEL
- E.
Analog Devices
- 13.Who is credited for making an important empirical observation in 1965 that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit for minimum component cost doubles every 24 months?
- A.
Gordon Moore
- B.
Robert Noyce
- C.
Jerry Sanders
- D.
Andy Grove
- E.
Jack Gifford
- 14.Who is generally recognized as being the godfather of the venture capital industry which became part of the high-tech silicon valley landscape?
- A.
Don Valentine
- B.
Tom Perkins
- C.
Floyd Kvamme
- D.
Frank Caufield
- E.
Robert Kleiner
- 15.Who developed the 555 analog timer IC which became one of the most widely used chips in the semiconductor industry?
- A.
Hans Camenzind
- B.
Pierre Lamonde
- C.
Chuck Harwood
- D.
Bill Holt
- E.
Wilf Corrigan
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