On this day in 1990 Intel Corporation co-founder and co-inventor of the semiconductor, Robert Noyce passed away of a heart attack at the age of 62. Noyce was …
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On this day in 1959 American electrical engineer Jack Kilby filed a patent application for his invention, “Miniaturized Electronic Circuits”, the first integrated circuit ever made. Kilby was …
On this day in 1924 physicist and silicon transistor pioneer Jean Hoerni was born. Hoerni developed the groundbreaking planar process for manufacturing semiconductor devices. Combined with Robert Noyce’s …
On this day in 1958 American electrical engineer and co-inventor of the integrated circuit Jack Kilby successfully tested the first integrated circuit at Texas Instruments. The test proved …
On this day in 1961 American engineer Robert Noyce was awarded a patent for the integrated circuit by the US Patent Office. This started a long patent battle …