In 1957, Fairchild Semiconductor ... The company was founded by a group of disgruntled employees who left William Shockley's company, Shockley Semiconductor – the "traitorous eight," including ...

In May of 1957, just over a year after the company was founded, eight employees went ... and Sheldon Roberts. Thus Fairchild Semiconductor was born -- a company dedicated to building transistors ...

Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore had done well for themselves at Fairchild Semiconductor. Noyce had become general manager, and Moore was head of Research and Development. But the company was still ...