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This week marks 65 years since Jean Hoerni applied for a patent for his 'planar process' a key step towards the creation of the modern monolithic integrated circuit.

As an analyst/tech historian, I have seen the valley grow, slow down, rebound, and sometimes change focus or direction. And, over the years, I have fielded worried questions about an impending death of Silicon Valley.

Among the 21 billionaires who died this past year: Italy’s longest-serving post war prime minister, the singer-turned-businessman who brought us Margaritaville and investor Warren Buffett’s right-hand man.

Remembering the technology giants on whose shoulders we stand.

Here’s our selective and subjective list of prominent business leaders and a few outliers who died in the past year.

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More US states are moving to bar companies from binding workers with noncompete agreements. Research shows the move could boost wages and innovation.

Intel’s Andy Grove pioneered high-stakes, high-speed, high-tech manufacturing — and breathed life into Moore’s Law.

The theme of changing the world is Silicon Valleys calling card, and it is that spirit that keeps Silicon Valley at the forefront of many technology innovations.