An undated photo shows Intel co-founders Gordon Moore (from left ... appreciation and sense of gratitude that would last a lifetime and become guideposts for his philanthropy.

The news emerged yesterday that Gordon Moore, semiconductor pioneer, one of the founders of both Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel, and the originator of the famous Moore’s Law, has died.

When Gordon Moore began working at Shockley Semiconductor in 1956, he barely knew what a semiconductor was. Within ten years he was well on his way to being one of the greatest visionaries of the ...