The formal name for the chip. In 1958, TI inventor Jack Kilby demonstrated the first electronic circuit in which more than one transistor was fabricated on a single piece of semiconductor material. It was about half the size of a paper clip.
The First Integrated Circuit
Only 7/16" wide and containing two transistors, this unassuming integrated circuit was nevertheless the first. It was mounted on a bar of germanium and was demonstrated by TI on September 12, 1958. (Image courtesy of Texas Instruments, Inc.)
A Few More Transistors
This integrated circuit from TI was made in the early 1960s. Notice how much more intricate it is than the one in the picture above it. (Image courtesy of The Computer History Museum, www.computerhistory.org)
The First Integrated Circuit
Only 7/16" wide and containing two transistors, this unassuming integrated circuit was nevertheless the first. It was mounted on a bar of germanium and was demonstrated by TI on September 12, 1958. (Image courtesy of Texas Instruments, Inc.)
A Few More Transistors
This integrated circuit from TI was made in the early 1960s. Notice how much more intricate it is than the one in the picture above it. (Image courtesy of The Computer History Museum, www.computerhistory.org)
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