Jack Kilby

Jack Kilby

Jack St. Clair Kilby (November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005) was an American electrical engineer who took part (along with Robert Noyce) in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments (TI) in 1958. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2000.

He is also the inventor of the handheld calculator and the thermal printer.

Read more about Jack Kilby:  Life and Career, Awards and Honors, Kilby Patents

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