Based on unprecedented access to the corporation's archives, The Intel
Trinity is the first full history of Intel Corporation--the essential
company of the digital age-- told through the lives of the three most
important figures in the company's history: Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore,
and Andy Grove.
Often hailed the "most important company in the world," Intel remains,
more than four decades after its inception, a defining company of the
global digital economy. The legendary inventors of the
microprocessor-the single most important product in the modern
world-Intel today builds the tiny "engines" that power almost every
intelligent electronic device on the planet.
But the true story of Intel is the human story of the trio of geniuses
behind it. Michael S. Malone reveals how each brought different things
to Intel, and at different times. Noyce, the most respected high tech
figure of his generation, brought credibility (and money) to the
company's founding; Moore made Intel the world's technological leader;
and Grove, has relentlessly driven the company to ever-higher levels of
success and competitiveness. Without any one of these figures, Intel
would never have achieved its historic success; with them, Intel made
possible the personal computer, Internet, telecommunications, and the
personal electronics revolutions.
The Intel Trinity is not just the story of Intel's legendary past; it
also offers an analysis of the formidable challenges that lie ahead as
the company struggles to maintain its dominance, its culture, and its
legacy.
With eight pages of black-and-white photos.
