A Death (Right Now You Are Using His Invention)

thealmighty · 06-22-2005, 06:20 PM

Jack Kilby died.

Most anything you do these days, you owe a debt to him.

Franklinnoble · 06-22-2005, 06:46 PM

Bah. Robert Noyce invented the microchip at the same time. In fact, Noyce is more directly responsible for the "invention" that we're using, because he went on to co-found Intel.

thealmighty · 06-22-2005, 07:30 PM

Bah. Kilby built and tested his first, and Intel would not be around otherwise.

BigJohn&TheLions · 06-23-2005, 01:47 AM

You two ever hear of Al Gore?

JimboJ · 06-23-2005, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by BigJohn&TheLions

You two ever hear of Al Gore?

I thought he only invented the internet.

Mr. Wednesday · 06-23-2005, 08:53 AM

Nope. Popular misconception.

Joe · 06-23-2005, 08:56 AM

Al Gore is a liar and didn't invent anything!

Franklinnoble · 06-23-2005, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by thealmighty

Bah. Kilby built and tested his first, and Intel would not be around otherwise.

Depends on who's side of it you're reading. The bottom line is that we all use PC's with Intel (or Intel clone) CPU's - not Texas Instruments.

(yes, there are the exceptional Mac and Sun users on different processors - but let's leave the freaks out of this discussion)

thealmighty · 06-23-2005, 12:51 PM

West Coast Bias...

...and what chip you're using at the current time has nothing to do with the invention of the original. It is a byproduct thereof (though I have no problem, unlike Kilby and Noyce, who were in court forever over the patent, with sharing the glory for the two of them).

Franklinnoble · 06-23-2005, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by thealmighty

West Coast Bias...

...and what chip you're using at the current time has nothing to do with the invention of the original. It is a byproduct thereof (though I have no problem, unlike Kilby and Noyce, who were in court forever over the patent, with sharing the glory for the two of them).

Nah... just an Intel bias... but, then again, that's who I work for.

CHEMICAL SOLDIER · 06-23-2005, 01:14 PM

God bless him.

ISiddiqui · 06-23-2005, 03:08 PM

Well the New York Times called him:

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Jack S. Kilby, an electrical engineer whose invention of the integrated circuit gave rise to the information age and heralded an explosion of consumer electronics products in the last 50 years, from personal computers to cellphones, died Monday in Dallas. He was 81.

They also called him "Inventor of the Microchip", so being in first counted.

Greyroofoo · 06-23-2005, 03:39 PM

I'm really sick and tired of all the dumbasses who take that Al Gore quote completely out of context

sterlingice · 06-23-2005, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Greyroofoo

I'm really sick and tired of all the dumbasses who take that Al Gore quote completely out of context

I gotta agree with that sentiment. It's not as if he said he invented the internet, as it was claimed- but he sure as hell did get a lot of the cash to get it off the ground. Both Cerf (re: "father of the internet", DARPA, TCP/IP) and Andreesen (re: Mosiac, Netscape) have both come out strongly in defense of the claim that Gore did help fund the research that let to the internet today.

SI

Subby · 06-23-2005, 04:27 PM

Shit, the guy who invented the RealDoll died?

mhass · 06-23-2005, 06:25 PM

John Atanasoff invented the digital computer.

06-22-2005, 07:30 PM	#3
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06-23-2005, 12:51 PM	#9
thealmighty Pro Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: heaven	West Coast Bias... ...and what chip you're using at the current time has nothing to do with the invention of the original. It is a byproduct thereof (though I have no problem, unlike Kilby and Noyce, who were in court forever over the patent, with sharing the glory for the two of them). __________________ Check out The Unofficial FOFC Movie Guide Here

06-23-2005, 01:14 PM	#11
CHEMICAL SOLDIER College Starter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Henderson, Nevada	God bless him. __________________ Toujour Pret

06-22-2005, 06:46 PM	#2
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Bah. Robert Noyce invented the microchip at the same time. In fact, Noyce is more directly responsible for the "invention" that we're using, because he went on to co-found Intel.

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Joe Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Minneapolis	Al Gore is a liar and didn't invent anything!

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Greyroofoo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Alabama	I'm really sick and tired of all the dumbasses who take that Al Gore quote completely out of context

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