GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INVENTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who invented Integrated Circuit (IC)?
A
Herman Hollerith
B
Semen Korsakov
C
Bill Gates
D
Jack Kilby
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Jack St. Clair Kilby (November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005) was an American electrical engineer who took part (along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild) in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments (TI) in 1958. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on December 10, 2000.

Detailed explanation-2: -An American engineer, Jack Kilby, invented the integrated circuit in 1958, shortly after he began working at Texas Instruments. The integrated circuit fueled the rise of microelectronics in the latter half of the twentieth century and paved the wary for the Information Age.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jack St. Clair Kilby, Nobel Prize-winning engineer and inventor of the first integrated circuit (or microchip), was born on November 8, 1923, in Jefferson City, Missouri.

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