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Lets here it for the 230th time we just can't think of anything better to do!
that's right, i have no idea where we're going and i still posted.
wanna fight about it?
gsbarnes
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:10 am
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My 9-year old has to write a report on Jack St. Clair Kilby, the inventor of the integrated circuit, tonight. I'm sure he could use the help of 20-odd bike jerks.
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Grumpy GreebJoined: 20 Aug 2005Posts: 5329Location: flavor country
There are few living 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 40 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.
Born November 8 1923 in Jefferson City, Missouri, Mr. Kilby grew up in Great Bend, Kansas. With B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the Universities of Illinois and Wisconsin respectively, he began his career in 1947 with the Centralab Division of Globe Union Inc. in Milwaukee, developing ceramic-base, silk-screen circuits for consumer electronic products.
In 1958, he joined TI in Dallas. During the summer of that year working with borrowed and improvised equipment, he conceived and built the first electronic circuit in which all of the components, both active and passive, were fabricated in a single piece of semiconductor material half the size of a paper clip. The successful laboratory demonstration of that first simple microchip on September 12, 1958, made history.
Jack Kilby went on to pioneer military, industrial, and commercial applications of microchip technology. He headed teams that built both the first military system and the first computer incorporating integrated circuits. He later co-invented both the hand-held calculator and the thermal printer that was used in portable data terminals.
In 1970, he took a leave of absence from TI to work as an independent inventor. He explored, among other subjects, the use of silicon technology for generating electrical power from sunlight. From 1978 to 1984, he held the position of Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University.
Mr. Kilby officially retired from TI in the 1980s, but he has maintained a significant involvement with the company that continues to this day. In addition, he still consults, travels, and serves as a director on a few boards.
From Jack Kilby's first simple circuit has grown a worldwide integrated circuit market whose sales in 2000 totaled $177 billion. These components supported a 2000 worldwide electronic end-equipment market of nearly $1,150 billion. Such is the power of one idea to change the world.
Jack Kilby is the recipient of two of the nation's most prestigious honors in science and engineering. In 1970, in a White House ceremony, he received the National Medal of Science. In 1982, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, taking his place alongside Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and the Wright Brothers in the annals of American innovation.
Jack St. Clair Kilby passed away June 20, 2005, in Dallas following a brief battle with cancer.
done.
gsbarnes
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:23 am
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Damn. I was going to charge a $5 cover.
Edit: Wait a minute: dude is dead, but "he still consults, travels, and serves as a director on a few boards." You need another revision.
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Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 12:21 am
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um, yeah. you guys kinda kick ass. the beacon hill hobo trail on my pista both terrified and exhilarated me (maybe i should try mountain biking?), and tonight's entire ride validated my decision to get out of bed this morning. thank you for a most excellent thursday night.
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In addition, the people with the tall wood boats said they're going to shoot cannons at eachother sometime between 10am to 1pm in lake union. AQUA THUNDERDOME!
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