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Jack Kilby

American electrical engineer (1923-2005) · United States · Scientists · Died at 81

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He put the circuit on a chip - the move that collapsed rooms of electronics into a sliver of silicon and made the digital age possible.

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A life in dates

2005Died20 June 20052000“I've reached the age where young people frequently ask for my advice. All I can really say is that electronics is a fascinating field that I continue to find fulfilling.”In their wordsFrom his autobiography. The Nobel Prizes 2000, Editor Tore Frängsmyr, Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, 2001

Harold Pender AwardAwardNobel Prize in PhysicsAward1999Washington AwardAward1993Kyoto Prize in Advanced TechnologyAward1990National Medal of Technology and InnovationAward1989Charles Stark Draper PrizeAwardHolley MedalAward1982Holley MedalAwardHonorary Doctor of the University of MiamiAwardNational Inventors Hall of FameAward1978IEEE Cledo Brunetti AwardAward1969National Medal of ScienceAward1966IEEE David Sarnoff AwardAwardStuart Ballantine MedalAward1923Born8 November 1923

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  1. I've reached the age where young people frequently ask for my advice. All I can really say is that electronics is a fascinating field that I continue to find fulfilling.

    2000, From his autobiography. The Nobel Prizes 2000, Editor Tore Frängsmyr, Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, 2001, Own words

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Awards

Nobel Prize in Physics2000
Harold Pender Award2000
Washington Award1999
Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology1993
National Medal of Technology and Innovation1990
Charles Stark Draper Prize1989
Holley Medal1989
IEEE Medal of Honor1986
Holley Medal1982
National Inventors Hall of Fame1982
Honorary Doctor of the University of Miami1982
IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award1978
National Medal of Science1969
Stuart Ballantine Medal1966
IEEE David Sarnoff Award1966
IEEE Fellow

About this person

Jack St. Clair Kilby was born November 8, 1923, and spent his career as an electronics engineer chasing miniaturization. In 1958, while working at Texas Instruments, he realized the first integrated circuit - work he shared with Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor, who arrived at the same breakthrough independently. The invention earned Kilby a share of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics. Along the way he co-invented the handheld calculator and the thermal printer, holding patents for both, and racked up seven other patents before his death on June 20, 2005.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 2005 · aged 81

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