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A Tribute to Andy Grove (2015) [video]
- julianpye 11y ago'Let's remember that millions of young people who have had the misfortune of being born in the wrong national boundaries are going through all the horrors that Ben described. I made it. Let’s try in a little way to help them make it.'
- projproj 11y agoJust read about Andy Grove yesterday in The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson. Great book (though its thesis and the story in the book would contradict the assertion that a single man built Silicon Valley).
- maxxxxx 11y agoIt would be nice if hero worship got reduced. When something succeeds there are tons of people who contribute to that success and not only the guy at the top. Grove was certainly a smart guy but he did not make Silicon Valley. He was one among many people that made Silicon Valley.
- roflchoppa 11y agothe jobs effect
- CamperBob2 11y agoActually it's not an exaggeration to say that a single man did build Silicon Valley. His name was Fred Terman, though, not Andy Grove.
- diskcat 11y agoI have never heard of Andy Grove before today. Perhaps that is working as intended.
- outworlder 11y agoDo we really need the assertion that he built it by himself? There are well known Silicon Valley companies which predate intel by decades. Andy Grove sure was an exceptional man. He changed the history of Silicon Valley. Which is no lesser feat.
- samstave 11y agoWell the funny thing is that the US Government Missle Program is really what built Silicon Valley (Intel) - if it weren't for that defense contract, for weapons of the Cold War, we really wouldn't be where we are today.
- marcuskaz 11y agoNot quite, radio, radar and microwaves were all prior to missile programs; but yes definitely military spending helped fund the Valley without a doubt. It's not a coincidence that Moffet Field is in the center of Silicon Valley.
- samstave 11y agoNo, watch this documentary: http://www.pbs.org/video/2320041315/ http://www.pbs.org/video/2320041315/
- davepeck 11y agoThere's no doubt as to the magnitude of Grove's influence, but the assertion might be a little strong. I'd argue the Traitorous Eight were the first to break the cultural mold and set the tone for modern entrepreneurship in the Valley. Two of the traitorous eight (Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore) later founded Intel, and another (Eugene Kleiner) established one of the Valley's most storied VC firms.
- tmaly 11y agoI remember watching him give a talk in a small auditorium at Intel in 1999. He was the American Dream.
- girkyturkey 11y agoAndy Grove: the man, the myth, the legend, but the first? Companies were around before Intel, but Andy Grove was the one who revolutionized Silicon Valley. He was the Wayne Gretzky of hockey.
- bhahn 11y agoDid you mean the Wayne Gretzky of Silicon Valley?
- mickrussom 11y agoSteve Jobs - hipster IP thief whole stole every last idea from Xerox PARC shamelessly. Real talent was Woz. Jobs was an aggressive, rude, lucky marketing machine whose success could not be recreated even if he was reincarnated. Apple has huge amounts of money and employees, but a year of work from IP4S to IP5 produced an extra row of Icons and a $650 dollar IP5 that still caters to carrier lockins. Little brat Apple trying to sue Samsung while Android has captured over 50% market share. Without Steve Jobs we would have: No overpriced poorly supported iProducts, No hyper expensive laptops, anti-standard non-USB connectors, ruthlessly jailed operating systems. Without Andy Grove : No x86 - the ultimate revolution in tech the world has ever seen, inexpensive, effective and universal. When Jobs died it was like a third world funeral for a Dictator. Andy dies, nothing from the media. ..
- zimpenfish 11y ago"nothing" isn't entirely true - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35221693 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35221693 http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/21/andy-grove-visionary-leader-intel-dies http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/21/andy-grove... http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/visionary-exintel-chief-andy-grove-dies-at-79-34560831.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/visionary-... http://www.macon.com/entertainment/celebrities/article67437932.html http://www.macon.com/entertainment/celebrities/article674379... etc.etc.
- marcuskaz 11y agoA bit cynical view, also Jobs died at the top of his popularity. Andy Grove was Time's Man of the Year in 1997, so his peak was almost 20 years ago.
- melling 11y agoApple shipped the first mainstream products with USB. " Apple Inc.'s iMac was the first mainstream product with USB and the iMac's success popularized USB itself.[15]" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB I built my own PCs at the time. it took about 5 years before USB gained wide adoption. Today the smaller, reversible, faster, USB C standard is on the verge of becoming a standard. I feel like it's the late 90s all over again. Apple first and the PC industry taking its good old time. Why is it so difficult to ship a couple new ports, along with that legacy USB?
- mathattack 11y agoI was hugely influenced by reading Grove's writing. He had phenomenal impact as a technologist, even bigger as a technology leader, and yet more educating other technology leaders. Under his watch Intel was one of the few companies to avoid the innovator's dilemma, and he wrote about how others could avoid it too.