Monday, September 12, 2011

Jack Kilby's microchip

Texas Instruments scientist Jack Kilby demonstrates the first simple microchip on September 12, 1958. Working with borrowed and improvised equipment, he builds the first electronic circuit in which all of the components are fabricated on a single piece of semiconductor material half the size of a paper clip. Later, Kilby co-invents the hand-held calculator and the thermal printer.
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