Jack Kilby: Inventor Of The Microchip
Jack Kilby: Inventor of the Microchip
Matthew Ford
BUSA 2101A- 8 AM T, R
Many people living in this fast-paced, globally-connected world often take for granted the amount of technology that goes into the little "gadgets" they love. They also do not often think about the people that made this technology possible. Throughout history, there have been only a handful of persons that have truly altered the way in which a society operates and lives. Jack Kilby's invention of the monolithic integrated circuit, or better known as the microchip, gave birth to a new technological field of modern microelectronics. His ingenious work at Texas Instruments over forty-five years ago, was a breakthrough that has led to the "sophisticated high-speed computers and large-capacity semiconductor memories of today's information age."
Born on November 8, 1923 in Jefferson City, Missouri, Jack Kilby was a determined intellectual. After receiving a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the......
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