HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE

JACK ST. CLAIR KILBY

Inventor of the Integrated Circuit 

Bio:

Jack St. Clair Kilby is best known for his 1958 development of the integrated circuit -- a single board with two transistors on it -- which he created at Texas Instruments. But he was also leader of the team that built the first ever hand-held electronic calculator in 1967.

Links:

http://www.computer-museum.org/exhibits/pccomeshome/pc04.html

http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/kilbyctr/pressnobel.shtml

http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/kilbyctr/kilby.shtml

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