1923 – 2005
Jack Kilby
United StatesElectricalComputing & IT
Background
An American electrical engineer at Texas Instruments; Nobel laureate in Physics (2000).
Contribution
Built the first working integrated circuit (1958), fabricating multiple components on a single semiconductor slab.
Popular credit vs. the record
Robert Noyce independently devised a monolithic silicon IC using the planar process; both are credited as co-inventors of the integrated circuit.
Associated inventions
Collaborators & contemporaries
Associated organizations
Sources & further reading
Each citation names the publisher and the exact reference title.
- The Nobel Prize in Physics 2000 — Kilby (integrated circuit)The Nobel Prize · Professional body
- Computer History Museum — exhibits & timelineComputer History Museum · Museum
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