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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physics (209) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 2000s (123) 2000 (13) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1920s (114) 1923 (13) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Midwestern states (70) Missouri (5) Jefferson City (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 2000s (70) 2005 (7) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Southwestern states (10) Texas (6) Dallas (4) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) J (95) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) K (52) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) J (80) Jack (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 70 - 79 (179) 78 (17) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Architecture and Engineering Occupations (7) Engineers (6) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 38. Worked for Corporation 38. Worked for Corporation North America (23) United States (23) Southwestern states (1) Texas (1) Dallas (1) Texas Instruments (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Midwestern states (201) Illinois (131) University of Illinois (30) Urbana-Champaign (30) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (30) Alumni (11) Wisconsin (25) University of Wisconsin (25) Madison (25) University of Wisconsin-Madison (25) Alumni (13) Southwestern states (38) Texas (26) College Station (8) Texas A&M University (8) Long-term academic staff (5) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) C (272) Charles Stark Draper Prize (8) G-H (389) H (196) Harold Pender Award (5) Holley Medal (4) I-J (268) I (80) IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award (1) IEEE David Sarnoff Award (1) IEEE Fellow (8) IEEE Medal of Honor (11) K-L (297) K (173) Kyoto Prize (9) Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology (5) M-N (333) N (205) National Inventor Hall of Fame (33) National Medal of Science (101) National Medal of Technology and Innovation (3) Q-Z (398) S (125) Stuart Ballantine Medal (10) complete name: Jack Kilby nobel prize: physics award year: 2000 together with: Herbert Kroemer together with: Zhores Alfyorov prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2000 was awarded "for basic work on information and communication technology" with one half jointly to Zhores I. Alferov and Herbert Kroemer "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics" and the other half to Jack S. Kilby "for his part in the invention of the integrated circuit." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Jack family name: Kilby occupation: photographer occupation: engineer occupation: computer scientist occupation: inventor occupation: university teacher field of work: physics field of work: electrical engineering work location: Texas Instruments, Dallas, United States of America description: Jack Kilby was an American electrical engineer who took part (along with Robert Noyce) in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments (TI) in 1958. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics on December 10, 2000. To congratulate him, US President Bill Clinton wrote, "You can take pride in the knowledge that your work will help to improve lives for generations to come." He is also the inventor of the handheld calculator and the thermal printer, for which he has patents. He also has patents for seven other inventions. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2000. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2000/summary/> date birth: 1923 date death: 2005 usual name: Jack Kilby
