Intel Co-founder, Philanthropist Gordon Moore Dies at 94

Gordon Moore, the legendary Intel Corp. co-founder who predicted the growth of the semiconductor industry, smiles during a news conference, in Santa Clara, Calif., on May 24, 2001. Ben Margot/AP Photo

SAN FRANCISCO—Gordon Moore, the Intel Corp. co-founder who set the breakneck pace of progress in the digital age with a simple 1965 prediction of how quickly engineers would boost the capacity of computer chips, has died. He was 94.

Moore died Friday at his home in Hawaii, according to Intel and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.