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08/11/1923 Computer chip inventor is born

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IC Invention

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Jack Kilby and the Integrated Circuit

American engineer Jack Kilby, together with Robert Noyce, made the first integrated circuit ever. It is the set of electronic circuits on a small flat piece of semiconductor material, usually silicon. These circuits do something together. Kilby also invented a handheld calculator and the thermal printer.