Moore awarded IEEE's Medal of Honour

 

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By Barry Collins

Posted on 11 Sep 2008 at 09:32

Intel's Gordon Moore is to be awarded the IEEE's Medal of Honour at a ceremony later this month.

Moore, the Intel co-founder and chairman, is the man behind Moore's Law, the infamous prediction that the number of transistors on a chip will double every two years.

The IEEE says Moore is being honoured in recognition of "his contributions to the advancement of semiconductor technology, both as an engineer and entrepreneur, and for helping to shape the global electronics industry."

Moore co-founded Intel in 1968, serving as CEO between 1975 and 1989, before becoming chairman emeritus in 1997.

His public appearances are increasingly rare, although last year he told attendees of the Intel Developer Forum that his Law could hold true for at least another 15 years.

"I think in another decade, a decade and a half or something, we'll hit [a barrier] that is fairly fundamental", Moore claimed. "These barriers that look like they're impenetrable seem to disappear as we get closer to them and people have focused on them for a while. That has continually amazed me."

RIM will also be presented with the Corporate Innovation Recognition award at the IEEE ceremony, for "transforming the mobile work environment" with its BlackBerry devices.

The awards will be presented on 20 September.