The Intel Trinity

Introduction: Artifacts

Part I: The fairchildren (1957-1968)
1. The traitorous eight
2. The greatest company that ever was
3. Digital diaspora

Part II: Start-up (1968-1971)
4. The ambivalent recruit
5. Intelligent electronics
6. Robert Noyce: the preacher’s son
7. The demon of Grinnell
8. The pig thief
9. A man on the move
10. Gordon Moore: Dr. Precision
11. A singular start-up
12. The wild west
13. Bittersweet memories

Part III: The spirit of the age (1972-1987)
14. Miracle in minute
15. The inventor
16. A sliver of history
17. Dealing down
18. The philosopher’s chip
19. Product of the century

Part IV: The most important company in the world (1988-1999)
20. Crush
21. Silicon Valley aristocracy
22. Public affairs
23. Consumer fantasies
24. A thousand feathers
25. The knights of Moore’s Law
26. (Over) ambitions
27. Beatification
28. The heart of Andrew Grove
29. Mother and child
30. Father and child reunion
31. Andy in exile
32. Freedom fighter
33. A new life, a new name
34. Bylined
35. Riding a rocket
36. For the cause
37. East of Eden
38. Turn at the tiller
39. Eminence
40. Crash
41. Memory loss
42. Andy Agonistes
43. Mentoring a legend
44. The man of the hour
45. Juggernaut
46. Empyrean
47. The Swimmer

Part V: The price of success (2000-2014)
48. Family matters
49. Inside Intel inside
50. Wired world
51. Pentium
52. The bug of all bugs
53. The endless lawsuit
54. Mea culpa
55. Bunny hop
56. Running the asylum

Part VI: Aftermath
57. The full weight of the law

Epilogue: Roaring at the night

Appendix: a tutorial on technology
A note on sources
Notes
Index