Jack Kilby
Jack St. Clair Kilby (8 November 1923 - 20 June 2005) 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.: 22 He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on 10 December 2000.
Jack Kilby | |
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| Born | November 8, 1923 Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | June 20, 2005 (aged 81) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (2000) National Medal of Science (1969) IEEE Medal of Honor (1986) Charles Stark Draper Prize (1989) Computer Pioneer Award (1993) Kyoto Prize (1993) Harold Pender Award (2000) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics, electrical engineering |
| Institutions | Texas Instruments |
Kilby was also the co-inventor of the handheld calculator and the thermal printer, for which he had the patents. He also had patents for seven other inventions.
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