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Integrated Circuit
The integrated circuit otherwise known as "The Chip" was invented by both Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.

Jack Kilby
Jack Kilby
Jack St. Clair Kilby was the microchip inventor - Invention Dimension. (Cnn Photo of the First IC)
Jack Kilby
Jack Kilby invented the microchip - National Inventors Hall of Fame.
The Chip That Jack Built Changed The World
From Texas Instruments - a history of Jack Kilby's integrated circuit.
An Interview With Jack Kilby
From Texas Instruments - interview with the inventor that includes a Quicktime movie. Hear Jack Kilby's opinion on his co-invention of the integrated circuit.
Texas Instruments
History of Texas Instruments.
First integrated circuit (IC) demonstrated by inventor Jack Kilby.
Jack Kilby and Texas Instruments received U.S. patent # 3,643,138 for miniaturized electronic circuits.

Robert Noyce
Robert Noyce is a computer industry pioneer and Intel cofounder. Robert Noyce is credited as being the co-inventor of the integrated circuit along with Jack Kilby.
Robert Noyce
Robert Noyce was the co-founder of the Intel Corporation and the inventor/pioneer of semiconductor development - National Inventors Hall of Fame.
The History of the Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
In 1957, Sherman Mills Fairchild, founder of Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation, sponsored a small group of young scientists in California in their development of a new process for the manufacture of transistors.

How Chips Are Made
From Intel's educational program.
How Integrated Circuits Are Made
From Texas Instruments
The History of Microprocessor Chips

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