The Nobel Prize in Physics 2000
Awarded on: 2000-10-10
"for his part in the invention of the integrated circuit"
Affiliations:
- Texas Instruments – Dallas, TX, USA
Jack S. Kilby
Born: 1923-11-08 in Jefferson City, MO, USA
Gender: male
Field: American electronics engineer (1923–2005)
Biography
Jack St. Clair Kilby was an American electronics engineer who took part, along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor, in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments in 1958. For this invention, Kilby shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics.