Did you know that the computer age was kickstarted by a tiny, yet mighty invention?
The savior of the blooming computer age was none other than the integrated circuit (IC), invented in the late 1950s.
Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments and Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor are credited with revolutionizing the world of tech by paving the way for miniaturized electronics.
Kilby, a newly employed engineer at Texas Instruments, invented the first IC in the summer of 1958 during a solo effort trying to solve the "tyranny of numbers" problem.
Unaware of Kilby's work, Noyce showcased a similar invention in early 1959, improving upon Kilby's design by introducing a method to interconnect components using silicon, a technique now standard in IC production.
These minuscule chips enabled electronic devices to become significantly smaller, cheaper, and more reliable, leading to the proliferation of consumer electronics and paving the path for digital revolution.
Today, everything from your TV remote to your smartphone wouldn't even exist without the ingenuity and foresight of these two pioneers.
A tiny chip really did create a gigantic wave in the ocean of technological innovation.
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