Process Paper
1: How did I choose my topic? Intel has many fascinating things about them. They don’t only have physical things like their microchips and processors, but they also had a way of management that not only influenced Intel, but other companies as well. Robert Noyce had a huge impact on not only Intel but the technology world, too. Because they have a certain way that they run their company, a lot of the things that they sell are very successful. They only put things on the market that they know are useful. All of this made me more intrigued to learn all of the history behind it.
2: How did I conduct my research? I conducted my research in a few different ways. Along with my grade, we took a field trip to the Wisconsin Historical Library where there were archives and other information on my topic. I also made several research questions that I looked further into and did that by answering the question, and then proving that with pictures, quotes, and other primary sources. I also used a timeline on the Intel website. That timeline allowed me to see the order that things happened in and what other events there were that I wasn’t aware about. I then took that event and made a question about it and then answered it the same way that I did for my other questions.
3: How did I select my category to present my project? I selected a website to present my project because there are so many ways that you can be creative. Although boards are fun because you can use your creativity to make it unique, websites you can do the same thing but you can change it at any time. You also never really have the opportunity to make your own site, so it is cool that I got the chance to. With my topic being Intel, it has to do with computers and electronics so I thought it was fitting to use a website to present my topic. I had also done a website in past years for National History Day, so I am familiar with how a website works.
4: How does my topic relate to the theme? Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore created Intel with the intention to improve the transistor. Not only did they do that, they also broke barriers in history by creating the microprocessor and designing it to have so much intelligence to it but all in something the size of the tip of your finger. Without any of this, other companies wouldn’t have been able to have computers and phones. For example, Apple used Intel microchips as a part of their computers when they first came out. Many other computers from other companies also have Intel chips within their computers, such as Apple, Dell and HP. So many of these other companies also broke barriers, but they wouldn’t have been able to without Intel and their chips.
Bibliography
Primary Sources:
-Computer History Museum, Computer History, 2019,
www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/gordon-moore/. Accessed 23 Oct.
2019. ~This picture is a primary source because it is a picture of
Gordon Moore himself. The picture is important because it shows who he
is so people can connect him to other things if they recognize him.
"Intel 4004." Intel 4004, Tuva Design, 2006, 4004.com/index.html. Accessed 24
Nov. 2019. ~This is a picture and article about the Intel 4004 and when it
was announced.
“Fairchild Defines Silicon Valley.” Discovery Education, Science Channel, 2018, app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/acf74ed6-b198-4886-a897-99e6caf04f14
-Malone, Michael S. The Intel Trinity. New York, NY, HarperCollins Publisher,
2014. ~This book is a primary source because it shows how Gordon Moore, Andy Grove and Robert Noyce came together to make technology better.
---. Measure What Matters. New York, Bennett Group, LLC, 2018
-This is a book by John Doerr who had a past with Intel and Objective and Key Results, and Larry Page who was the Co-Founder of Google. They both had a really good insight to the technology world and Silicon Valley.
"Moore's Law and Intel Innovation." Intel, Intel Corporation , www.intel.com/
content/www/us/en/history/museum-gordon-moore-law.html. ~This is a quote
from Gordon Moore and him basically talking about Moore's Law. This is also
what gave Intel purpose for its company.
“Silicon Valley: The Untold Story: Secret Sauce.” Discovery Education, Science Channel, 2018, app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/f9c367a5-3ee3-4e25-a139-c35e05a0b287.
~This was a documentary that had many pictures of Intel’s history including Fairchild Semiconductors, Intel, Moore’s Law, and Robert Noyce’s leadership.
-Thackray, Arnold. Moore's Law. New York, Basic Books, 2015. ~This book is a primary source because it has evidence that events in history happened with Intel. It also also explains what Moore’s Laws significance is.
“The Transistor's Impact on Silicon Valley.” Discovery Education, Science Channel, 2018, app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/395d29ec-f627-400a-a2fd-cebee541665d.
-This is a video with pictures from when the transistor and when it was created and how Robert Noyce improved it when he was at Fairchild Semiconductors.
“The Ups and Downs of Intel.” Discovery Education, Science Channel, 2018, app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/71fa2bcb-6c1d-4d4d-a798-bec4405118ad
-This is a video with many quotes and videos from the time of Intel. It includes little video clips of Gordon Moore as well.
Secondary Sources:
"Intel's First Microprocessor." Intel, Intel Corp, www.intel.com/content/www/us/
en/history/museum-story-of-intel-4004.html. Accessed 15 Jan. 2020.
-This is an article about the history behind the Intel 4004 and what its purpose was, as well as a picture of the 4004.
"Intel Timeline." Intel, Intel Corporation, www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/
history/historic-timeline.html. Accessed 23 Oct. 2019.
~This timeline is a secondary source because it is a not specifically from that time, it is just about history. I used this to use as a resource to guide my research.
"Moore's Law." Moore's Law or How Overall Processing Power for Computers Will
Double Every Two Years, mooreslaw.org, 2019, www.mooreslaw.org/. Accessed
20 Oct. 2019.
~This is a secondary source because it is a quote that is not from the time period when Intel was introduced.This is an important source because it is giving reasons and evidence behind Moore’s Law and why Gordon Moore created this law.
Silicon Valley Historical Association. "Teaching the World about Silicon Valley
History and Culture." Silicon Valley Historical Association, 2008,
www.siliconvalleyhistorical.org/intel-history. Accessed 20 Oct. 2019.
~This is a secondary source because it is information about that time, but not written by someone from that time. This is important because it is a website about the history of Silicon Valley, which is linked to Intel.
"Silicon Valley Marks 50 Years of Moore's Law." The Mercury News, MediaNews
Group, www.mercurynews.com/2015/04/17/
silicon-valley-marks-50-years-of-moores-law/. Accessed 8 Dec. 2019.
-This is an article about Moore's Law, as well as pictures of graphs and newspapers.
Fox, Pamela. "Central Processing Unit (CPU)." Khan Academy, 2019,
www.khanacademy.org/computing/. Accessed 23 Oct. 2019.
~This article is a secondary source because it is informing people about CPU’s, but is not from the time that Intel was created.