Comments on: Happy 50th Birthday, Dear Microchip http://gigaom.com/2008/09/12/happy-50th-birthday-dear-microchip/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Negative Seasonal Pattern Stocks on Sunday the 14th of September 2008 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/12/happy-50th-birthday-dear-microchip/#comment-899314 Negative Seasonal Pattern Stocks on Sunday the 14th of September 2008 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:46:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20776#comment-899314 <p>[...] Happy 50th Birthday, Dear Microchip [...]</p> [...] Happy 50th Birthday, Dear Microchip [...]

]]> By: Joel http://gigaom.com/2008/09/12/happy-50th-birthday-dear-microchip/#comment-899075 Joel Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:40:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20776#comment-899075 <p>Kilby came in first by a few months. But his design consisted of imbedding transistors in a substrate. Noyce built the transistors out of the substrate. His approach scaled, leading to Moore's Law; NMOS left TTL in the dust.</p> <p>People don't give Bob Noyce enough credit for his accomplishment which was MUCH MORE IMPORTANT than Kilby's great accomplishment. Also it should be noted that both men worked independently of each other; in no way did Bob's work depend on Jack's.</p> Kilby came in first by a few months. But his design consisted of imbedding transistors in a substrate. Noyce built the transistors out of the substrate. His approach scaled, leading to Moore’s Law; NMOS left TTL in the dust.

People don’t give Bob Noyce enough credit for his accomplishment which was MUCH MORE IMPORTANT than Kilby’s great accomplishment. Also it should be noted that both men worked independently of each other; in no way did Bob’s work depend on Jack’s.

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