Quote by: Jack Kilby

They were the largest semiconductor maker in the world up until about 1980. I'm not sure that that can be re-gained again, but their progress in the last few years has been very impressive.


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  • NameJack Kilby
  • DescriptionAmerican electrical engineer
  • AliasesJack St. Clair Kilby
  • BornNovember 8, 1923
  • DiedJune 20, 2005
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionEngineer
  • AwardsIEEE Cledo Brunetti Award; National Medal Of Technology And Innovation; Nobel Prize In Physics; Stuart Ballantine Medal; Charles Stark Draper Prize; Harold Pender Award; IEEE David Sarnoff Award