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Mar 31, 2017 · Electrical engineer Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit, also known as the microchip. A microchip is a set of interconnected electronic components such as transistors and resistors that are etched or imprinted onto a tiny chip of a semiconducting material, such as silicon or germanium.
Sep 16, 2017 · Jack Kilby and the World’s First Integrated Circuit. September 16, 2017 by Tim Youngblood. Jack Kilby from Texas Instruments held 60 patents, invented the handheld calculator, and won a Nobel Prize. But he had another invention that would change electronics and the world.
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"
Jun 21, 2005 · Nobel laureate Jack Kilby, whose 1958 invention of the integrated circuit ushered in the modern electronics age and made possible the microprocessor, has died after a battle with cancer. Kilby...
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...
Jack St. Clair Kilby 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. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on 10 December 2000.
Jack S. Kilby. 1923 – 2005. Developed integrated circuits. Major Field of Study: Electrical Engineering. Specific Accomplishment: Developed Integrated Circuits. Home Town: Jefferson City, Missouri. Youth Activities: Was interested in amateur radio, which fueled his attraction to electronics. High School: Great Bend (Kansas) High School.
