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Goodbye, Mr. Chips

 
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:55 pm    Post subject: Goodbye, Mr. Chips Reply with quote

Jack Kilby is an ex-parrot.

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There are few men whose insights and professional accomplishments have changed the world. Jack Kilby is one of these men. His invention of the monolithic integrated circuit - the microchip - some 45 years ago at Texas Instruments (TI) laid the conceptual and technical foundation for the entire field of modern microelectronics. It was this breakthrough that made possible the sophisticated high-speed computers and large-capacity semiconductor memories of today's information age.
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http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/kilbyctr/jackstclair.shtml

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