Integrated Circuit

Electronics1958Jack KilbyUSA
InventorJack Kilby
Year1958
CategoryElectronics
OriginUSA

About Integrated Circuit

Kilby built the first IC at Texas Instruments. Robert Noyce independently developed a practical version at Fairchild. The patent dispute was settled with cross-licensing. Made possible every modern electronic device. Moore predicted transistor counts would double every two years.

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