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Integrated Circuit Inventor Jack Kilby Dead at 81

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thanks-for-the-ideas dept.

geekotourist writes " Jack Kilby , inventor of the integrated circuit, one winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics (Robert Noyce died in 1990), died June 20th after a brief battle with cancer. In 1958 he invented the foundation for a trillion dollar industry as a substitute for going on vacation." Update: 06/22 02:03 GMT by T : Kilby was 81, not 91 as the headline originally indicated.

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  1. You will be remembered... by KennyP · · Score: 4, Funny

    I now know who to blame my "misspent youth" on for living in the basement in the late '70's with my OSI C1P computer.

    Thanks for everything!!!

    Visualize Whirled P.'s

  2. All the proof I need. by MyLongNickName · · Score: 2, Funny

    Workers don't need vacation! Now get back to work, you lazy oafs. I expect to see some more ground breaking inventions before I get back from the 19th hole.

    Sincerely,
    Your friendly neighborhood PHB

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  3. I gotta say it. by Kaisum · · Score: 4, Funny

    So long and thanks for all the chips.

  4. Re:Big dreams turn into nightmares by weighn · · Score: 1, Funny
    Many nights I've sat here staring at this computer trying to think of a way to make my job easier. Unfortunately, the only way to do that is to toss the entire system out wholesale

    Amen to that, Brother. I'm working on it and will post my design for a disintegrated chip very soon now.

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  5. Re:... god rest his soul by tomhudson · · Score: 1, Funny
    ... they could have at least published the notice in true slashdot form (you know, cut-n-paste the "Stephen King found dead" troll)
    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Integrated Circuit Inventor Jack Kilby was found dead at 91 in his Maine home this morning. There wasn't any more details, but athorities think he was hacked to death with a blunt spoon by author Stephen King. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will be willing to provide an alibi for Stephen - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture by creating the IC, thus allowing us to troll millions. Truly a World icon.
    I mean, show some respect. If he hadn't invented the IC, we wouldn't *have* Troll Tuesday.
  6. Re:He will be missed by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 1, Funny

    history is just about the only thing you actually learn in those training days when you first start a job at a company like Texas Instruments

    I don't know firsthand, but I've heard that at the Arthur Andersen training days they teach you how to hold your liquor.

  7. Re:Big dreams turn into nightmares by maharvey · · Score: 3, Funny

    He probably thought of it as a way to increase efficiency and ultimately reduce our workload. I suspect he had no such grandiose visions. A man who is skilled in and passionate about his work will change his world without meaning to, though rarely will the ripples be so large. Probably he was seriously geeking out over the coolness of it, wondering how to sell it to his new pointy-haired boss and avoid getting assigned to a crap job, yet mindful that this STILL wouldn't impress any chicks...

  8. IC by mediacrat · · Score: 1, Funny

    "IC" what you did there!