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When was the transistor and integrated circuit and microchip invented and by whom?
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- Transistor: 1947 by Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain at Bell Labs.
- Integrated Circuit/Microchip: 1958 by Noyce at Fairchild.
Note: Kilby at Texas Instruments invented an Integrated Circuit (using Germanium) 6 months prior to Noyce, but it had to be hand wired under a microscope. Noyce's design (using Silicon) could be done entirely photolithographically. All modern Integrated Circuits/Microchips derive from the Noyce/Fairchild process, not the earlier Kilby/Texas Instruments process.
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Who made the first circuit?
Jack Kilby invented the first integrated circuit - the microchip
What is another name for a microchip?
integrated circuit
Do the integrated circuit and the microchip go together?
An integrated circuit can be either monolithic (all on one piece of semiconductor) or hybrid (several separate components attached to a tiny ceramic circuit board). A microchip is another name for a monolithic integrated circuit.
What is another name for a microchip made of semiconductors?
Intergrated Circuit
What is a silicon semiconductor used for electronic functions in an integrated circuit?
microchip
Where did DrCarl Sanders invent the microchip?
http://www.eaec.org/expose/carls2.htm Apparently, the only thing "Dr." Carl Sanders invented was this story about his inventing the microchip. The monolithic integrated circuit was invented by Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments in Dallas.
What is basic electronic building block of a integrated circuit?
A transistor.
Function of resistor capacitor and transistor on integrated circuit?
resistor
Due to a need for smaller and more powerful computers the what was invented and replaced transistor-based computers by the mid-1960s?
integrated circuit computer or microprocessor
What would a microchip be used for in 1948?
Even though Time Magazine reports that Robert Noyce first handled a microchip in college in 1948, the microchip/integrated circuit hadn't officially been invented at that time!All the people involved in the development of the microchip were all working for the military on the chip at the same time, yet they didn't know of each other's existence or that other people were working on the "invention".The microchip was not invented but was reverse engineered from wreckage found at the Roswell crash in 1947 - the year the transistor was discovered. It was from this date on that the military had people working on an integrated circuit, all unaware of each other's activity.Microchips are now used to produce RFID chips which are produced by a Californian company called Alien Technology - a company who has established relationships with the military divisions that the "inventors" of the microchip all worked for.An Earthly working microchip did not exist until the 1950's
What is an electronic device that contains many microscopic pathways designed to carry electronic current?
Integrated circuit or a microchip
Where was the first integrated circuit invented?
California
