As the title says, Andy Grove of Intel, who made x86-microprocessors an indispensable household item that enabled the entire tech revolution from c.1980 onward, has passed away at age 79:
Silicon Valley Mourns Andy Grove, a Titan of Tech | WIRED
His greatest business decision was around 1985, when Intel abandoned DRAMs and focused on the i386 microprocessor (and microprocessors in general). It eventually led to great price reductions in semiconductors and enabled the whole tech and internet industry.
Certainly, India would have been somewhere between a rock and a hard place without the IT industry, which is entirely dependent on PCs and the net - both of which were enabled by technologies primarily developed by Intel in the '70s.
Silicon Valley Mourns Andy Grove, a Titan of Tech | WIRED
His greatest business decision was around 1985, when Intel abandoned DRAMs and focused on the i386 microprocessor (and microprocessors in general). It eventually led to great price reductions in semiconductors and enabled the whole tech and internet industry.
Certainly, India would have been somewhere between a rock and a hard place without the IT industry, which is entirely dependent on PCs and the net - both of which were enabled by technologies primarily developed by Intel in the '70s.
