Gordon Moore

“The number of transistors in an integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years.”

“No physical quantity can continue to change exponentially forever.”

“Change has never been this fast. And it will never be this slow again.”

“The technology at the leading edge changes so rapidly that you have to keep current after you get out of school. I think probably the most important thing is having good fundamentals.”

“I'm a Silicon Valley guy. I just think people from Silicon Valley can do anything.”

“All I was trying to do was get that message across, that you could squeeze more things onto a chip.”

“If you’re a technologist, you have to have a belief in the exponential.”

“Philanthropy is not a spectator sport.”

“We have a culture where we are incredibly self-critical. We don’t get comfortable with our success.”

“The purpose of the foundation is to make the world a better place for future generations.”

“It was just an extrapolation of something that had been going on for several years.”

“We are the builders of tools, the crafters of technologies... that will create the new economy of the 21st century.”

“With the advent of the integrated circuit, we have the opportunity to make things not only better but also cheaper.”

“I remember the difficulty we had in the beginning replacing magnetic cores in memories and the tremendous resistance we had from the industry.”