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Digital Innovation for the Public Good

Catalyzing Collaborative Research for High Impact

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Innovation In Action

Watch how UC Noyce Initiative Researchers are Changing the World.

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Robert Noyce and Ann Bowers

Legacies of Innovation

Robert "Bob" N. Noyce, Ph.D. was a physicist and one of the most pivotal visionaries and innovators of the 20th century. He invented the integrated circuit, more commonly known as the microchip, and co-founded both Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel. Ann Schmeltz Bowers was a technology industry executive pioneer, longtime philanthropist and the wife of Noyce. In 2020, The Robert N. Noyce Trust made a gift to the University of California system to launch the UC Noyce Initiative to honor their legacies.

The Power of Five

 

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