History of Computers - Jack Kilby

Jack Kilby, who was born on November 8, 1923 and died on June 20, 2005, was an inventor who was noted mostly for his work with integrated circuits. The thermal printer and the hand held calculator are also some of his other inventions.

Overview

Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit and it was a rather large accomplishment.

Significance

Jack Kilby was quite significant.

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kilby

http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/farid/teaching/cs4/winter.06/notes/history.html

Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kilby

http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/farid/teaching/cs4/winter.06/notes/history.html