Product category: Analogue and Mixed Signal ICs
News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 23 June 2005
Inventor of the integrated circuit dies
aged 81
Jack St Clair Kilby, retired TI engineer and inventor of the integrated circuit, died on 20th June 2005 in Dallas following a brief battle with cancer.
Jack St Clair Kilby, retired TI engineer and inventor of the integrated circuit, died on 20th June 2005 in Dallas following a brief battle with cancer He was 81
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Kilby invented the first monolithic integrated circuit, which laid the foundation for the field of modern microelectronics, moving the industry into a world of miniaturisation and integration that continues today.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000 for his role in the invention of the integrated circuit.
"In my opinion, there are only a handful of people whose works have truly transformed the world and the way we live in it - Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, the Wright Brothers and Jack Kilby", said TI Chairman Tom Engibous.
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