As with many inventions, two people had the idea for an integrated circuit at almost the same time. Transistors had become commonplace in everything from radios to phones to computers, and now ...

His breakthrough invention of the microchip launched the modern electronics era and reshaped human technology.

In 1958, Texas Instruments engineer Jack Kilby created the first integrated circuit, an invention that would go on to define modern technology. It became the ancestor of today's microchips, which ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1958 electrical engineer Jack ...

Nobel laureate Jack Kilby, whose invention of the integrated circuit opened the way for today’s computers, video games, DVD players, and cell phones, died Monday of cancer. He was 81. In 1958, his ...