Jack Kilby - Jack Kilby Jack St. Clair Kilby (born 1923) is a notable American electrical engineer. He invented the integrated circuit in 1958 while working at Texas Instruments. At about the same time Robert Noyce made the same discovery at Fairchild Semiconductor. Born in Jefferson City, Missouri, he received his undergraduate (BS) degree from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in 1947 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. From 1978 to 1985, he was Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000 for his breakthrough discovery. Link http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/kilbyctr/jackstclair.shtml.
Integrated circuit - cost compared with board-level integration. The growth of complexity of integrated circuits follows a trend called "Moore's Law", first observed by Gordon Moore of Intel. Moore's Law states that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit doubles every two years. By the year 2000 the largest integrated circuits contained hundreds of millions of transistors, and the trend shows no signs of slowing down. The integrated circuit is one of the most important inventions of the 20th century. Modern computing, communications, manufacturing, and transportation systems, including the Internet, all depend on its existence. History The concept for the integrated circuit was first published by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer on May 7, 1952. The first integrated circuits were developed independently by two scientists: Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed a patent for a.
2000 - February 12 - Charles Schulz, 77, creator of the Peanuts comic strip February 12 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins, 70, American rock musician February 12 - Tom Landry, American football coach February 19 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, 71, Austrian artist February 22 - Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (*1946) March 20 - Gene "Eugene" Andrusco, actor, singer March 26 - Alex Comfort, author (The Joy of Sex) March 27 - Ian Dury, 57, English rock musician March 28 - Anthony Powell, British novelist April 6 - Habib Bourguiba, president of Tunisia (1957-1997) April 13 - Giorgio Bassani, 84, Italian writer (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis) April 25 - David Merrick, producer May 7 - Douglas Fairbanks Jr, actor May 14 - Obuchi Keizo, Japanese prime minister May 19 - Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut May 20.
2000 in science - 5 Deaths Astronomy and space exploration April 7 - Mars Odyssey is launched. Biology The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae's genome is sequenced. Awards Nobel Prize Physics - Zhores Ivanovich Alferov, Herbert Kroemer, Jack S Kilby Chemistry - Alan J Heeger, Alan G MacDiarmid, Hideki Shirakawa Medicine - Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard, Eric R Kandel Wollaston Medal for Geology: William Sefton Fyfe Births Deaths May 19 - Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut September 20 - Gherman Titov, cosmonaut.
Texas Instruments - Peacock, three out of whom would live to see their ninetieth birthdays. TI is a major manufacturer of transistors and integrated circuits. The integrated circuit was invented by Jack Kilby of TI in 1958. The 7400 series of transistor-transistor logic (TTL) chips, developed by TI in the 1960s, popularized the use of integrated circuits in computer logic, and is in widespread use to this day. Texas Instruments is also notable for their calculator range, the TI-30 being one of the most popular early calculators. TI has also developed a line of graphing calculators, the first being the TI-80, and most popular being the TI-83. TI is often seen as the competitor to Hewlett Packard in this regard, with often fierce loyalties arising. During the 1980s, Texas Instruments introduced the Speak 'n'.
Calder Memorial Trophy - Hall, Detroit Red Wings 1955 Ed Litzenberger, Chicago Blackhawks 1954 Camille Henry, New York Rangers 1953 Lorne Worsley, New York Rangers 1952 Bernie Geoffrion, Montreal Canadiens 1951 Terry Sawchuk, Detroit Red Wings 1950 Jack Gelineau, Boston Bruins 1949 Pentti Lund, New York Rangers 1948 Jim McFadden, Detroit Red Wings 1947 Howie Meeker, Toronto Maple Leafs 1946 Edgar Laprade, New York Rangers 1945 Frank McCool, Toronto Maple Leafs 1944 Gus Bodnar, Toronto Maple Leafs 1943 Gaye Stewart, Toronto Maple Leafs 1942 Grant Warwick, New York Rangers 1941 Johnny Quilty, Montreal Canadiens 1940 Kilby MacDonald, New York Rangers 1939 Frank Brimsek, Boston Bruins 1938 Cully Dahlstrom, Chicago Blackhawks 1937 Syl Apps, Toronto Maple Leafs 1936 Mike Karakas, Chicago Blackhawks 1935 Dave Schriner, New York Americans 1934 Russ Blinko, Montreal Maroons 1933 Carl Voss,.
Charles Stark Draper Prize - engineering. The Prize is worth $500,000. The prize is named for the "father of inertial navigation", an MIT professor and founder of the Draper Laboratory. Previous Winners 1989: Jack S. Kilby and Robert N. Noyce for their independent development of the monolithic integrated circuit. 1991: Sir Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain for their independent development of the turbojet engine. 1993: John Backus for his development of FORTRAN, the first widely used, general purpose, high-level computer language. 1995: John R. Pierce and Harold A. Rosen for their development of communication satellite technology. 1997: Vladimir Haensel for his invention of "platforming". 1999: Charles K. Kao, Robert D. Maurer, and John B. MacChesney for the development of fiber optics. 2001: Vinton G. Cerf, Robert E. Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, and Lawrence G. Roberts for.
The Killjoys - were featured on compelation albums on Chase Records, 'Melbourne Stuff' and later featured on compelation records by ID records Australia. The Killjoys up until 2001 were still a performing entity with the two core members Anna Burley and Craig Pilkington. Luke Blackburn left 'Violet Town' to join Sydney based outfit 'The Crystal Set' with members, Russell Kilby - Guitar & Vocals, Phil Maher - Guitar & Vocals, Tim Seckhold - Drums and Luke Blackburn - bass & vocals. The Crystal Set were originally signed to Red Eye records. Label mates were The Cruel Sea, Steve Kilby, Bagavad Guitars, Jack Frost and The Clouds. Red Eye records founder and owner John Foy sold the label to Polydor. With that, the bands were all part of the polydor label. After the demise of.
The Crystal Set - Doubt" were moderate indie hits on the small but enthusiatic east coast Australian scene. After a line up change and the departure or Craig Moore, Russell Kilby took up duties on guitar and vocals and Luke Blackburn, a Melbourne musician joined as bassist and vocalist. Red Eye Records were sold to Polydor Australia 1990. The Crystal Set released their next album Almost Pure under this label and had moderate success with the singles, Thrive and She Spits Out Stars in 1991. Their Red Eye and Polydor label mates were The Cruel Sea, The Clouds, Steve Kilbey (Russell's brother and lead singer and bassist from successful 1980s Australian band The Church), Jack Frost (aka Steve Kilbey) and Grant McLennan (The Go-Betweens), The Bagavad Guitars, Curious Yellow and The Beasts of Bourbon. The.
Timeline of invention - Whittier Stephen 1935: Hammond Organ: Laurens Hammond 1937: Jet engine: Frank Whittle Hans von Ohain 1938: Fiberglass: Games Slayter John H. Thomas 1939: FM radio: Edwin H. Armstrong 1939: Helicopter: Igor Sikorsky 1940s 1942: Bazooka Rocket Gun: L. A. Skinner C. N. Hickman 1944: Electron spectrometer: Deutsch Elliot Evans 1944: the digital computer 1945: Nuclear weapons (but note: chain reaction theory: 1933) 1946: microwave oven: Percy Spencer 1947: Transistor: William Shockley, Walter Brattain, John Bardeen 1948: Long Playing Record: Peter Goldmark 1948: Polaroid camera: Edwin Land 1949: Atomic clocks 1950s 1951: Liquid Paper: Bette Nesmith Graham 1952: fusion bomb: Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam 1952: hovercraft: Christopher Cockerell 1953: maser: Charles Townes 1954: transistor radio from Regency TR1 (USA) 1954: first nuclear power reactor 1954: geodesic dome: Buckminster Fuller 1955: Velcro:.
Timeline of computing 1950-1979 - Hampshire. 1956 Edsger Dijkstra invented an efficient algorithm for shortest paths in graphs as a demonstration of the abilities of the ARMAC computer. The example used was the Dutch railway system. The problem was chosen because it could be explained quickly and the result checked. Although this is the main thing many people will remember Dijkstra for, he also made important contributions to many areas of computing - in particular he should be remembered for his work on problems relating to concurrency, such as the invention of the semaphore. 1957 First dot matrix printer marketed by IBM. 1957 FORTRAN development finished. See 1954. 1957 "I have travelled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad.
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Robert Noyce - Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel in 1968. He is also credited (along with Jack Kilby) with the invention of the integrated circuit or microchip. It is widely known that Noyce was disliked by one-time CEO Andy Grove. Grove is notorious for his directness in finding fault. He thought Noyce's "nice guy" attitude irritating and felt it was ineffectual. Intel's headquarters building, the Robert Noyce Building, in Santa Clara, California is named in his honor. He graduated with a BA in physics from Grinnell College in 1949 and a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1953. Noyce died from heart failurein 1990, at the age of 62. See also: the "Traitorous Eight" External Links Noyce biography on PBS.org Noyce biography on IdeaFinder.com.
Nobel Prize in Physics - and their interactions" 1970s 1970 Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén "for fundamental work and discoveries in magneto-hydrodynamics with fruitful applications in different parts of plasma physics" Louis Eugene Félix Néel "for fundamental work and discoveries concerning antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism which have led to important applications in solid state physics" 1971 Dennis Gabor "for his invention and development of the holographic method" 1972 John Bardeen, Leon Neil Cooper, and John Robert Schrieffer "for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory" 1973 Leo Esaki (江崎 玲於奈) and Ivar Giaever "for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively" Brian David Josephson "for his theoretical predictions of the properties of a supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, in particular those phenomena which are generally known as the Josephson effects" 1974.
List of electrical engineers - Fresnel -- Optics Bernhard Goetz -- Subway vigilante Ralph Hartley -- Electronics Oliver Heaviside -- Re-formulated Maxwell's equations (vector calculus) William Hewlett -- Hewlett-Packard Company Grace Hopper -- Computer programmer (first compiler) Jiang Zemin -- People's Republic of China politician and statesman Huang Ju -- People's Republic of China Vice Premier Bill Joy -- Unix - SUN Jack Kilby -- Integrated circuit Herbert Kroemer -- Heterostructures and semiconductor physics Hedy Lamarr -- Communications Li Changchun -- Communist Party of China Propaganda chief Guglielmo Marconi -- Practical radio John Mauchly -- ENIAC designedr Arthur Nielsen -- Nielsen ratings developer Kenneth Olsen -- Magnetic core memory - Digital Equipment Corporation David Packard -- Hewlett-Packard Mihajlo Pupin -- Long-distance telephone communication. "Pupin coil" Hyman Rickover -- "Father of the Nuclear Navy" Julius Rosenberg --.
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List of people from Kansas - note include: Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Prize winner in Economics born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. Jack S. Kilby, Nobel Prize winner in Physics born and raised in Great Bend, Kansas. Jesse Unruh, California politician, born and raised in Newton, Kansas. Bob Dole, (born 1923), politician, Senator, Presidential Candidate, Russell, Kansas. Alf Landon, Governor, Presidential Candidate, Topeka, Kansas. Marlin Fitzwater Press Secretary, for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush, Abilene, Kansas. Satanta, Chief of the Kiowa tribe, Western Kansas. Gordon Parks, (born 1912), film director, born and raised in Fort Scott, Kansas. Dennis Hopper, (born 1936), actor, born in Dodge City, Kansas. Kirstie Alley, (born 1955), Actress, Wichita, Kansas. Don Johnson, (born 1959), actor, born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. Loren Entz, western artist, Whitewater, Kansas. Blackbear Bosin, (1921-1980),.
List of people by name: Ki - (1880-1950), literary historian. Kiechle, Ignaz, (1983-1994), German government minister Kiedis, Anthony, (born 1962), of the Red Hot Chili Peppers Kiefer, Anselm, (born 1945), painter Kienbusch, Wiliam, (1914-1980), American painter Kienzle, William X, (died 2001), novelist Kierkegaard, Søren, (1813-1855), Danish theological philosopher Kier, Udo, (born 1944), actor Kiesinger, Kurt Georg, (1904-1988), federal chancellor (CDU) Kieslowski, Krzysztof, (1941-1996), Polish-born movie director Kikoine, Michel,(1892-1968), painter Kilar, Wojciech, (born 1932), Polish composer Kilbride, Percy, (1888-1964), actor (Pa Kettle) Kilby, Jack Saint Claire, (born 1923) invented the integrated circuit Kildall, Gary, (1942-1997), computer programmer Kiley, Richard, (1922-1999), actor Kilgallen, Dorothy, (1913-1965), newspaper columnist, early television personality Killanin, Lord, (died 1999), International Olympic Committee head Killy, Jean-Claude, (born 1943), skier Kilmer, Joyce, (1886-1918), poet Kilmer, Val, (born 1959), US actor Kilmister, Lemmy, (born 1945), English musician Kilroy-Silk,.
List of physics topics F-L - K Kaluza-Klein theory Kamerlingh-Onnes, Heike Kapitsa, Pyotr Leonidovich Kastler, Alfred Kelvin Kelvin-Helmholtz instability Kendall, Henry W Kendall, Henry W Kennedy-Thorndike experiment Kepler, Johannes Kerr metric Ketterle, Wolfgang Kilby, Jack S Kinematics Kinetic energy Kinetic theory Kirchhoff's Laws Kirchhoff, Gustav Kirkendall effect Klein paradox Knife-edge effect Koshiba, Masatoshi Kroemer, Herbert Kusch, Polycarp L LADAR Ladder operator Langevin, Paul Langevin equation Lagrange, Joseph Louis Lagrange bracket Lagrange multiplier Lagrangian Lagrangian mechanics Lagrangian point Lamb, Willis Eugene Lamb-Retheford shift Lambert, Johann Heinrich Laminar flow Landau, Lev Davidovich Lande g-factor Langmuir, Irving Laplace operator Laplace's equation Laplace, Pierre Simon Large Electron Positron Large Hadron Collider Laser Laser applications Laser construction Laser diode Laser science Lattice Laue, Max von Laughlin, Robert B Law of Charles and Gay-Lussac Law of conservation of energy Law of heat conduction.
Kangaroo Jack - Kangaroo Jack Kangaroo Jack is a high-grossing buddy-action movie produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, starring Jerry O'Connell and Christopher Walken. It premiered in the United States on January 11, 2003. The advertising campaign had made many parents think that the movie was a family-friendly film with a talking kangaroo. Once they took their children to see the movie, many parents were angry that they had been deceived by the campaign. After a successful opening week, the movie did considerably worse business once its eroticism and violence were revealed. Users of the Internet Movie Database have voted the film a position on the site's list of the 100 worst films ever made..
