AustinChips Launches Luminary Speaker Series; Semiconductor Organization to Kick Off Series With Presentation by Jack Kilby, Inventor of the Integrated Circuit and Nobel Prize Winner.Business Editors, Technology Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2002 AustinChips, an Austin-based organization founded to foster a more vibrant semiconductor community, today announced it will launch a speaker series featuring luminaries in the semiconductor industry. The series kickoff will be held June 11 from 6-9 p.m. CDT CDT abbr. Central Daylight Time CDT Central Daylight Time CDT n abbr (US) (= Central Daylight Time) → hora de verano del centro; (BRIT at the LBJ Presidential Library and will feature Jack Kilby (person) Jack Kilby - (1924 - 2005-06-20) The electronics engineer who invented the integrated circuit in 1958 at Texas Instruments. TI Biography. , inventor of the integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for and Nobel Prize Nobel Prize, award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, who left a fund to provide annual prizes in the five areas listed above. winner. Kilby will present his 2000 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, "Turning Potential Into Reality: The Invention of the Integrated Circuit." "The semiconductor industry is a key component of the global economy as well as a driving force in Austin's economy," said Stephen Straus, general partner at Austin Ventures. "Given the importance of Jack's invention, we think people will appreciate his insight on how his invention helped launch the $140 billion semiconductor industry, which is the underpinning of the $2.4 trillion information and communication technology industry." Kilby, an electrical engineer, co-invented the monolithic integrated circuit The common form of chip design, in which the base material (substrate) contains the pathways as well as the active elements that take part in its operation. , one of the most important inventions in the last 50 years. His patent, filed in 1964 while Kilby was with Texas Instruments (TI), forms the basis for the semiconductor industry. Kilby also invented the electronic calculator and thermal printing paper, and holds 60 patents. Kilby was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics The Nobel Prize in Physics (Swedish: Nobelpriset i fysik) is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the six Nobel Prizes. The first prize was awarded in 1901. in 2000. He also received the National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, in 1970, and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an organization that honors important inventors from the whole world who have lodged a domestic American patent. The only prerequisite of induction is being named an inventor on a US patent. Posthumous induction is allowed. in 1982. Kilby retired from TI in the 1980s, but remains actively involved with the company while also consulting, traveling and serving on several boards. Admission for the AustinChips Luminary Speaker event is free, and there will be time for networking before and after the event. Details and maps can be obtained through the AustinChips Web site at http://www.austinchips.com/. About AustinChips AustinChips was founded in 1999 to help develop a more cross-connected community of semiconductor professionals. Austin Ventures, the largest and most active venture capital firm in the Southwest, is its primary sponsor. The organization provides a forum for networking events, and holds presentations and panel discussions on subjects important to entrepreneurial-minded semiconductor professionals in Austin. Semiconductor professionals may subscribe to the AustinChips e-mail alert by going to the Web site at http://www.austinchips.com/. To protect privacy, members need only provide an e-mail address. For more information on Jack Kilby: http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/kilbyctr/jackstclair.shtml http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/2000/ |
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