13 Oct
2007
13 Oct
'07
2:20 p.m.
Brent Hilpert wrote:
Based on what I've read though, I disagree about
the (degree of) credit generally
given to TI/Kilby regarding the creation of the IC, on similar grounds: in the
late 50s there were lots of efforts/attempts/designs to create miniature
modules of some sort.
Yeah, I'd wondered that too - there was all sorts going on around that sort of
time; TI went down one route, but I don't think they were "first IC", just
"first IC using a particular approach".
(I always get wary when people use the filing of a patent as the definitive
proof that someone was first to do something :-)
Oh, someone mentioned the IMP-16 - mine happened to be nearby; there's six
'major' ICs on the (approx 12" x 9") board (plus a couple of EPROMs on
mine, a
handful of TTL, and 16 1101 chips - RAM, I'd assume).
cheers
Jules