1. Introduction -- 2. The birth of Electrical Science -- Alessandro Volta -- About Volta and the "Voltaic Pile" -- 3. The Golden Epoch -- The Magic of the Electrical Current -- From the Charge to the ...

As with many inventions, two people had the idea for an integrated circuit at almost the same time. Transistors had become commonplace in everything from radios to phones to computers, and now ...

A man in the same league with Thomas Edison, the Wright Brothers and Alexander Graham Bell was born in Jefferson City. Yet this man, Jack St. Clair Kilby, is not familiar to most. His invention, the ...

An integrated circuit (IC), also known as a microchip or chip, is a miniaturized electronic circuit consisting of transistors, resistors, capacitors, and other components fabricated onto a single ...

The tech industry thrives on legends. Here’s a good one. It’s 1958, and Texas Instruments stands deserted. Everyone at the Dallas-based company traditionally takes two weeks of vacation in July, ...

The formal name of the chip. An integrated circuit (IC) combines thousands, millions or billions of transistors on a single substrate. A certain number of resistors and capacitors may also reside on ...

On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the ...

You’re probably familiar with the little black boxes nestled neatly inside your favorite devices. With their diminutive size and unassuming characteristics, it can be hard to believe these vessels are ...