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Sad Day, the guy who invented electronic "chips" died
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| Dervish |
| quote: | | Jack St. Clair Kilby, a retired engineer with Texas Instruments who invented the integrated circuit (IC) passed away Monday in Dallas following a brief battle with cancer. He was 81. |
| quote: | | �In my opinion, there are only a handful of people whose works have truly transformed the world and the way we live in it -- Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, the Wright Brothers and Jack Kilby,� said TI chairman Tom Engibous in a statement. �If there was ever a seminal invention that transformed not only our industry but our world, it was Jack�s invention of the first integrated circuit.� |
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We all benefited from his invention (they are in everything). May we all aspire to do somthing as great as he did. Rest in peace. |
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| Fir3start3r |
| Being in the electronics/PC field, I'm very sad to hear that... :sadgreen: |
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| George Smiley |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dervish
We all benefited from his invention (they are in everything). May we all aspire to do somthing as great as he did. Rest in peace. |
I bet I can name loads of things that they aren't in |
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| Dervish |
| quote: | Originally posted by George Smiley
I bet I can name loads of things that they aren't in |
Ok.... well electronic things then (practicly everything these days)... |
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| Shakka |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dervish
Ok.... well electronic things then (practicly everything these days)... |
True. ICs are pretty cool. They have it down to an art where they start with a large, bulky piece of equipment cased in plastic, and by the 5th generation they have created something 10x more efficient that fits into a convenient IC chip.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Circuit |
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| Dervish |
ICs are what I do :D I'm redesigning a processor to detect errors witin it'self and fix em so you can overclock/run at lower power for my >project<.
Seriously though, this guy was important. |
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