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Which companies employed Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce when they developed integrated circuits?
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integrated circuit
A typical integrated circuit, shown on a fingernail.
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce were employed by different companies when they independently developed the integrated circuit:
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Jack Kilby was working for Texas Instruments Incorporated when he conceived the idea of the integrated circuit in 1958 and successfully demonstrated a working prototype.12
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Robert Noyce was a cofounder of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation when he independently developed his version of the integrated circuit, which utilized a "planar process" to create conductive metal interconnections directly on the silicon wafer.342