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Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder and chip industry legend, dies at 94

Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel and a titan of the semiconductor industry whose “Moore’s Law” literally served as the measuring stick for the entire chip business, died Friday at his home in Hawaii. He was 94.

Intel confirmed the news Friday afternoon, along with the  marked the two as California’s most generous donors, giving a total of $6.3 billion to “create positive outcomes for future generations.”

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