Traitorous Eight
The
traitorous eight are eight men who left
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory to form
Fairchild Semiconductor in
1957. This derogatory term was used by
William Shockley, director of Shockley Labs, but others referred to them as the "Fairchild Eight" or the "Fairchildren."
The eight were Julius Blank, Victor Grinich, Jean Hoerni, Eugene Kleiner, Jay Last, Gordon Moore, Robert Noyce, and Sheldon Roberts.