Talk:Jack Kilby

Introduction
The quote from Bill Clinton seems really insignificant to me, and I think it should be removed. The reference (link to Kilby's very brief bio on the TI website) doesn't give any specifics where the quote came from. Also nothing in Clinton's statement is specific to Kilby, and could be applied to literally any Nobel Prize Winner in any era. Am I missing the value this quote adds? 75.169.61.199 (talk) 22:08, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

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Kilby's Nobel Prize autobiogaphy states his birth was at Great Bend, Kansas. Why does the article mention Missouri? Ejrrjs | What? 18:51, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

According to the the official biography page on TI's web site, Kilby was born in Jefferson City, MO on 11/8/1923. Chris 22:20, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

Ok Ejrrjs | What? 06:49, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Shouldn't the SEE ALSO link to Robert Noyce, who is also credited with the invention of the IC? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.248.55.132 (talk) 19:04, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Its interesting that the article briefly comments on Kilby's hiatus away from TI in the late 70's..when he worked on a project using silicon and sunlight to make electricity. This was called teh Illinois Project. It was an attempt to build a carbon-carbon HBR > H+BR > HBR using a photovoltaic. The project was hampered by the lack of the efficiency of the photovoltaics of the day. The project eventually was building 20kW fuel cell stacks, but eventually failed as it required 20% efficiency of the photovoltaics; as the ebst they were able to reach was 14%. The project and IP was sold to Gulf Oil and Shell, and promptly was effectively tucked away forever. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DuraAceWins (talk • contribs) 00:47, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

J-K flip flop naming a myth?
A recent Slashdot post mentioned the possibility that J-K flip flops were not actually named after Jack Kilby. Does anyone buy this?


 * His name will forever be engraved in the J-K flip-flop.


 * This is probably an urban legend. More likely it was the initials of John J. Kardash [google.com], who in the 1950's arbitrarily used his initials on these pins on his blueprints, and it stuck.

(quoted from Slashdot post #12877710; see the Google Answers result for more information) - McCart42 (talk) 17:51, 2005 Jun 22 (UTC)

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Problems and solutions

 * "[Kilby] spent the summer working on the problem in circuit design that was commonly called the "tyranny of numbers" and finally came to the conclusion that manufacturing the circuit components in mass in a single piece of semiconductor material could provide a solution. On September 12 he presented his findings to the management, which included Mark Shepherd, of Texas Instruments: he showed them a piece of germanium with an oscilloscope attached, pressed a switch, and the oscilloscope showed a continuous sine wave, proving that his integrated circuit worked and thus that he solved the problem

I don't see how Kirby's findings relate to the tyranny of numbers as a solution. --Abdull (talk) 19:48, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Timeline question and why isn't this guy famous?
If he patented the IC in 1959, why did it take until 2000 for him to win a Nobel Prize? Why have so few people ever heard of this guy? Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright brothers, Henry Ford, all famous men in their own time. Steve Jobs was just a developer and marketer, and look how famous he is! It seems a bit odd. Are we missing part of the story? According to this source, Robert Noyce developed it simultaneously. http://inventors.about.com/od/istartinventions/a/intergrated_circuit.htm Ghostofnemo (talk) 15:48, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Switching UW-Milwaukee --> UW-Madison
Jack Kilby's MS degree was from UW-Madison, not UW-Milwaukee (see: https://www.engr.wisc.edu/microchip-inventor-and-uw-engineering-alumnus-kilby-dies/). The confusion is because in some places it's referred to as only the "University of Wisconsin", and he obtained the degree while working in Milwaukee.

I made the changes on the page, but because I am not a regular editor, I am not sure how to change the category that he belongs to from "University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Alumni" to "University of Wisconsin - Madison Alumni". If someone could help make this change, that would be very helpful — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:F388:1082:FFFA:D98C:C255:CCC4:F9BB (talk) 21:42, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Jack Kilby's degree was not from UW-Madison. It was granted by the University of Wisconsin for work done primarily in Milwaukee. Both UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee seem to claim Kilby as an alumnus. In 1950, UW-Milwaukee was an extension of UW-Madison. It appears that Kilby was enrolled in evening classes at the extension in Milwaukee where he lived and worked. Sometime later, the administrative structure of the UW System was re-organized to make the Milwaukee extension a separate university. UW-Milwaukee includes the UW Extension period as part of its history. Kilby himself said in his autobiographical information at https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2000/kilby/biographical/ "While in Milwaukee, I took evening classes at the University of Wisconsin towards a master’s degree in electrical engineering." Kilby's National Medal of Science page lists University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee at https://nationalmedals.org/laureate/jack-st-clair-kilby/.

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