Jack Kilby, the man whose invention of the integrated circuit in 1958 led to the power of today’s microchip, died Monday at age 81.
Inventor of the Microchip Passes Away at 81
Jack Kilby, the man that invented the microchip in 1958, passed away on Monday in Dallas, Texas after fighting cancer. He was 81 years old.
Microchip Sales Higher Than Last Year
Worldwide microchip sales of $18.3 billion in January were 0.5% below December sales of $18.4 billion but 17.5% higher than January of 2004 sales of $15.6 billion.