Intel Mastermind, Silicon Valley Statesman Andy Grove Dead At 79

[Miles Archer]

Source: Huffington Post

SAN FRANCISCO, March 21 (Reuters) - Andy Grove, the Silicon Valley elder statesman who made Intel into the world’s top chipmaker and helped usher in the personal computer age, died on Tuesday at age 79, Intel said.

The company did not describe the circumstances of his death but Grove, who endured the Nazi occupation of Hungary during World War Two, living under a fake name, and came to the United States to escape the chaos of Soviet rule, had suffered from Parkinson’s.

Grove was Intel’s first hire after it was founded in 1968 and became the practical-minded member of a triumvirate that eventually led “Intel Inside” processors to be used in more than 80 percent of the world’s personal computers.

With his motto “only the paranoid survive,” which became the title of his best-selling management book, Grove championed an innovative environment within Intel that became a blueprint for successful California startups.

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[BeyondGeography]

1. A pioneer who also called our health care system "a goddamned terrible thing"

Always found him interesting. Another link here:

http://venturebeat.com/2016/03/21/silicon-valley-legend-and-former-intel-ceo-andy-grove-passes-away-at-79/

[reformist2]

2. He was a Silicon Valley giant.

[Gregorian]

3. He was the pivotal point.

His chip is what enabled Woz and Jobs to build their first retail computer. I was just talking with one of the guys who started Apple, and he was telling me the story about how they wanted him to help them sell their very first "Apple". I think it was $700, and no one wanted it. Lots of stories.