Jack Kilby
Jack Kilby
Jack St. Clair Kilbywas an American electrical engineer who took partin the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instrumentsin 1958. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics on December 10, 2000. To congratulate him, US President Bill Clinton wrote, "You can take pride in the knowledge that your work will help to improve lives for generations to come."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth8 November 1923
CityJefferson City, MO
CountryUnited States of America
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I think they now have a very good position. Their digital signal processing is right in the mainstream of the future development.
They're very strong in memory. Didn't do very much in microprocessors or digital signal processing.
There was a space program before there was integrated circuits.
I think it's doing very well. I'm pleased to see the concentration on semiconductors. I think this will help.