Modern Era · North America · Technology
1958
Integrated circuit demonstrated
1958
Jack Kilby at Texas Instruments and Robert Noyce at Fairchild independently figured out how to put multiple transistors on a single slice of silicon. The chip had been born. Within a decade Noyce would found Intel and begin the long march to a computer on every desk, and eventually in every pocket.
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Also in 1958 (4 other events on record)
- Great Leap Forward begins in China · East Asia · Politics
- De Gaulle returns to power in France · Europe · Politics
- Iraqi revolution · Middle East · Politics
- United Arab Republic formed · Middle East · Politics
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