Interestingly, Robert Noyce thought this article was a bit of a tall tale by Tom Wolfe. Here's a quote by him from 1984:<p>> It's interesting to me to see what an enormous amount of publicity the microchip has gotten recently including that article of Tom Wolfe's. Incidentally, on that article of Tom Wolfe's, I do want to point out that Tom Wolfe is first of all a novelist. And only secondarily is he a historian but everything that appears in print of course is true as you've all learned. Particularly if you ever read something that you know something about.<p>Source: <a href="https://youtu.be/AfxUq_QrpyY?t=2m20s" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/AfxUq_QrpyY?t=2m20s</a>
Past threads - still no large discussion:<p><i>The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce (1983)</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24102414" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24102414</a> - Aug 2020 (9 comments)<p><i>The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce (1983)</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17212210" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17212210</a> - June 2018 (18 comments)<p><i>The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce (1983)</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14650795" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14650795</a> - June 2017 (1 comment)<p><i>The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce (1983) [pdf]</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10092652" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10092652</a> - Aug 2015 (1 comment)<p><i>Robert Noyce and His Congregation (1997)</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8135553" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8135553</a> - Aug 2014 (3 comments)<p><i>The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce (1983)</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8133479" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8133479</a> - Aug 2014 (5 comments)<p><i>The Tinkerings Of Robert Noyce</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5183164" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5183164</a> - Feb 2013 (1 comment)<p><i>Robert Noyce and His Congregation</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=190524" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=190524</a> - May 2008 (2 comments)<p><i>The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce.</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=60385" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=60385</a> - Sept 2007 (1 comment)