Well, the thought that everybody might have a personal computer at their desk or their home was certainly not on the mainstream of anybody's activity at that time. Jack Kilby activitycomputerdesk Change image and share on social
Well, it's very dangerous to project, but it's clear that the existing technology has some more years to go. Jack Kilby cleardangerousexist Change image and share on social
My own interest developed because I thought it was a fascinating subject and something I wanted to pursue. Jack Kilby developfascinateinterest Change image and share on social
The number of parts that were required were just prohibitive. Jack Kilby numbpartprohibitive Change image and share on social
They're very strong in memory. Didn't do very much in microprocessors or digital signal processing. Jack Kilby digitalmemorymicroprocessor Change image and share on social
I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics was mostly radio and television and the first computers. Jack Kilby businesscomputerelectronic Change image and share on social
It's true that the original idea was mine, but what you see today is the work of probably tens of thousands of the world's best engineers, all concentrating on improving the product, reducing the cost, things of that sort. Jack Kilby concentratecostengineer share on social
Somewhere in that 20-year period, I would assume that there will be some basically new approach that will begin to cut into it, but it's got a long time. Jack Kilby approachassumebasically Change image and share on social
It's also somewhat in the center of a number of things that will be useful to the company. Jack Kilby centercompanynumb Change image and share on social
Well, the big products in electronics in the '50s were radio and television. The first big computers were just beginning to come in and represented the most logical market for us to work in. Jack Kilby 50sbeginbig Change image and share on social