Jack Kilby
Updated: 03/06/2020 by Computer Hope
Name: Jack St. Clair Kilby
Born: November 8, 1923, Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Death: June 20, 2005 (Age: 82)
Computer-related contributions
- Conceived and built the first integrated circuit.
- Developed and demonstrated a microchip on September 12, 1958.
- Co-invented the hand-held calculator and thermal printer.
Honors and awards
- Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (1982).
- Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (2000).