What role did Noyce play in the invention of integrated circuits?

1July 30, 959, Robert, Deputy Manager and Director of R&D Department of Silicon Valley Fairchild Semiconductor Company? Noyce (1927 ~) and others also invented IC independently, and later obtained a patent. However, as early as1959 65438+1October 23rd, Noyce recorded the idea of this flash memory in detail in his diary: "In this way, hundreds or even thousands of transistors can be integrated on the silicon chip."