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Physics, electrical engineering. Institutions. Texas Instruments. Jack St. Clair Kilby (8 November 1923 - 20 June 2005) was an American electrical engineer who took part, along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor, in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments (TI) in 1958.
Jun 20, 2012 · The Nobel Prize in Physics 2000 was awarded "for basic work on information and communication technology" with one half jointly to Zhores I. Alferov and Herbert Kroemer "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics" and the other half to Jack S. Kilby "for his part in the invention of the integrated circuit"
Apr 24, 2024 · Jack Kilby (born Nov. 8, 1923, Jefferson City, Mo., U.S.—died June 20, 2005, Dallas, Texas) was an American engineer and one of the inventors of the integrated circuit, a system of interconnected transistors on a single microchip. In 2000, Kilby was a corecipient, with Herbert Kroemer and Zhores Alferov, of the Nobel Prize for Physics.
Jun 20, 2005 · Facts. Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. Jack S. Kilby. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2000. Born: 8 November 1923, Jefferson City, MO, USA. Died: 20 June 2005, Dallas, TX, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX, USA. Prize motivation: “for his part in the invention of the integrated circuit” Prize share: 1/2.
Electrical engineer Jack Kilby laid the foundations for modern information technology. In 1958 he helped to develop the world's first ever microchip. It was a simple device, but it would go on...
Jun 22, 2005 · June 22, 2005. Jack S. Kilby, an electrical engineer whose invention of the integrated circuit gave rise to the information age and heralded an explosion of consumer electronics products in the...
Jack S. Kilby held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 2000, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was presented by Professor Stig Hagström. Summary: In seeking practical solutions to replace the vacuum tube as a switch or amplifier for controlling the flow of electrons, Bell Labs successfully used semiconductor materials to create the ...
