Hungarian who created the world giant Intel: Who is Andy Grove?

Andy (Andrew) Grove is the founder of the world giant Intel and also one of the most important names in the world of microelectronics and computers. But few people know that he is Hungarian.

Andrew Grove, aka András Gróf, was born in Budapest in 1936 to a middle-class family of Jewish origin. Until he left the country in 1956, after the Soviet invasion as a result of the Hungarian uprising, András Gróf not only lived through the horrors of war in concentration camps, but was almost completely deaf during the war years due to scarlet fever. András Gróf, who was working in the chemical industry, had to flee the country due to the 1956 uprising and took the name Andrew Grove after he settled in America.

After graduating first place from New York University in 1960, he started his doctorate and completed his doctorate in Berkeley within three years. Andrew Grove, who later started working at the Fairchild Semiconductor research laboratory, quickly became an expert in semiconductors.

Together with physicist Robert Noyce, one of the scientists who discovered integrated circuits, who worked with him on the same team at this research institution, and Gordon Moore, who was also a physicist and chemist, they later founded the Intel company.

Founded in 1968, Intel has quickly become a world giant in the semiconductor market.

It is rumored that three friends wanted to name this company, which they founded, first "Moore Noyce". But they thought that an electronics industry company, which means "more noise" in English, could have a negative impact on the business, and they named the company Intel (Integrated Electronics Corporation).

Andrew Grove, Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore

The date of November 15, 1971 is a turning point in the history of both Intel and the world computer industry. The microprocessor 4004 that the company launched on this date means a revolution. The size of a fingernail, this microprocessor has all the power and capacity of the first computer the size of a room, built in 1946. Although real PCs began to be produced from the mid-seventies, the beginning of the computer industry is considered the date of production of the Intel 4004.

Under Grove's leadership, Intel has created an incredible success chart. On the one hand, it plans more competent microchips every year, on the other hand, it has improved their production technology. Grove became managing director of the company in 1979 and CEO in 1987. In 1997, he was appointed as the general manager, chairman of the board of directors and CEO. Although he handed over the chairmanship of the Company's Board of Directors in 2005, he continued his other active duties.

Intel started as a groundbreaking small company and has grown into a global giant on its march. The most important microprocessors of the computer industry, for example, began to be produced during the 386 or Pentium Grove era.

Grove, on the one hand, managed the world giant, on the other hand, published articles. His articles that shape the sector were published in 40 magazines. His books guided both the technology and production and management levels of the sector. His book, titled Only the paranoid survive, became the most cited book by a company executive, both in the United States and around the world.

He was awarded honorary doctorates from New York University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Harvard University.

He was named "Person of the Year" by Time magazine in 1997.

Grove, who suffered from Parkinson's disease in 2000, donated to many foundations to find a solution to the disease. Grove's cause of death is not yet known. It is also known that Steve Jobs saw Grove as an icon and sought his advice during his return to the Apple company.

Andy Grove, who had two daughters and eight grandchildren in his 58-year marriage, passed away in 2016 at the age of 79.