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Victor Grinich (Victor Grgurinovic) was born on 26 November, 1924 in Aberdeen, Washington, is an American businessman (1924–2000). Discover Victor Grinich's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?

Popular As Victor Grgurinovic
Occupation Co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor <br/ >Professor at Stanford & UC Berkeley
Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 26 November, 1924
Birthday 26 November
Birthplace Aberdeen, Washington
Date of death 5 November, 2000
Died Place Mountain View, California
Nationality United States

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Children Nicholas P. Grinich<br/ >Anita Grinich<br/ > Philip Grinich

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1924

Victor Henry Grinich (November 26, 1924 – November 5, 2000) was a pioneer in the semiconductor industry and a member of the "traitorous eight" that founded Silicon Valley.

Born to Croatian immigrant parents, his original surname was Grgurinovic.

Born in Aberdeen, Washington, he served in the United States Navy during World War II.

To make his last name easier to pronounce during military roll calls, he officially changed it to "Grinich".

1946

Grinich received a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington in 1946 and a master's degree in 1949, and then earned a Ph.D. in 1951 from Stanford University.

Initially a researcher at SRI International, he worked at the seminal Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory of Beckman Instruments, and then left with other disgruntled members of the "traitorous eight" to create the influential Fairchild Semiconductor corporation.

Among the physicists, mathematicians and metallurgists in the group, Grinich was the only electrical engineer.

1968

Grinich left Fairchild in 1968 to study computer science while teaching electrical engineering at UC Berkeley.

He later taught at Stanford University as well.

1975

In 1975, he published a textbook, Introduction to Integrated Circuits.

1978

In 1978, he was appointed chief executive officer of Identronix, a company that pioneered Radio-frequency identification systems, which are now used extensively in anti-theft tags.

1985

In 1985, Grinich founded and became CEO of Escort Memory Systems to commercialize RFID tags for industrial applications.

1989

EMS was acquired by Datalogic in 1989.

1993

In 1993, he co-founded Arkos Design, a manufacturer of emulators.

1995

The company was acquired by Synopsys in 1995.

1997

Grinich retired in 1997 and died of prostate cancer in 2000, at age 75.