Robert Noyce BirthdayRobert Noyce BirthdayRobert Noyce BirthdayRobert Noyce BirthdayRobert Noyce BirthdayOn the question of patent attorneys, John Ralls determine further use hoerni planar process (1959 Milestone), co-founder Robert Noyce of Fairchild got the idea of a monolithic integrated circuit (IC). Connections for diodes, transistors, resistors and capacitors in Silicon mingle with the