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If you'd asked me in 1980 what the big impact of microprocessors would be, I probably would have missed the PC. If you asked me in 1990 what was important, I probably would have missed the Internet.

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Gordon Moore
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: January 3
Businessman
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San Francisco County
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Gordon E. Moore
Gordon Earle Moore
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