Jack Kilby
Name:
Jack St. Clair Kilby
Born: November 8, 1923, Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Death: June 20, 2005
Computer related contributions
- Conceived and built the first integrated circuit.
- Developed and demonstrated a microchip on September 12, 1958.
- Co-invented the hand-held calculator and thermal printer.
Honors and awards
- Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. (1982)
- Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. (2000)
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