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When was microchips invented?

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The microchip was invented by Robert Noyce and Jack Kilby. A microchip is built by layers of a semiconductor material of silicon or germanium

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1958 by Jack Kilby working at Texas Instruments. It was made of germanium (not silicon), 7/16-by-1/16-inches in size a 1 transistor sine wave oscillator.

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