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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. He was 81 by invisigoth · · Score: 0, Redundant

    He was 81. /Blatant karma-whoring.

  2. How old was he? by RealityMogul · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Other news sources are reporting he was 81, not 91 as the heading states.