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[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Co-Founder of the modern Age of Electronics No Longer

Jack St. Clair Kilby passed away June 20, 2005, in Dallas following a brief battle with cancer.

There are few men whose insights and professional accomplishments have changed the world. Jack Kilby is one of these men. His invention of the monolithic integrated circuit - the microchip - some 45 years ago at Texas Instruments (TI) laid the conceptual and technical foundation for the entire field of modern microelectronics. It was this breakthrough that made possible the sophisticated high-speed computers and large-capacity semiconductor memories of today's information age.

More on his work here: www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/events/icinv.html

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We owe a great deal to Kirby, as I can't see me typing this on a computer filled with tubes!...

Thanks Jack Kirby.

[Maddad]

A computer which would be the size of your living room with less power than a Commodore 64.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Yes, but think of the heat it would provide for those cold winter days. Although one would have to live elsewhere during the summer...unless thats' what you like.