# Jack Kilby died. Inventer of of the IC.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 22, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-kilby-died-inventer-of-of-the-ic/309282 "2005-06-22T00:30:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-kilby-died-inventer-of-of-the-ic/309282/1 "2005-06-22T00:30:58Z")

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Thanks Jack, with out you I wouldn’t have a job. Nor would I have cell phones, tv’s or just about anything else electronic imaginable.

I’m just glad I actually took the time to meet you in person years ago. And thank you for actually taking the time to see the lilttle people such as me. You were a busy man, you didn’t have to do that, but you did it anyway.

You sir are a legend.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-kilby-died-inventer-of-of-the-ic/309282/2 "2005-06-22T00:38:18Z")

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[Jack Kilby](http://www.eet.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=164901506) obit.  
[Kilby with patent links](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kilby) at Wiki.

I wouldn’t have passed freshman chemistry without him.

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**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-kilby-died-inventer-of-of-the-ic/309282/3 "2005-06-22T00:49:24Z")

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I’m a little young to have done this but I don’t think I’d much care for wirewrapping or vacuum tubes. Except Nixie tubes. Those are still cool.

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-kilby-died-inventer-of-of-the-ic/309282/4 "2005-06-22T14:44:16Z")

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[quote=EE Times]  
Jack St. Clair Kilby, retired TI engineer and acknowledged as the first inventor of the integrated circuit, passed away in Dallas Monday (June 20) after a brief battle with cancer. He was 81.

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Funeral services will be held on the head of a pin.

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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-kilby-died-inventer-of-of-the-ic/309282/5 "2005-06-22T14:46:18Z")

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Preliminary autopsy report indicates that the magic blue smoke got out.