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24 quotes by Jack Kilby

This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (July 2011) Jack Kilby Born (1923-11-08)November 8, 1923 Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S. Died June 20, 2005(2005-06-20) (aged 81) Dallas, Texas, U.S. Nationality United States Fields Physics, electrical engineering Institutions Texas Instruments...
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I'm sure there will continue to be exciting new products and major changes, but it looks as if the existing technology has a great deal of room... →

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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... →

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The number of parts that were required were just prohibitive.

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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... →

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My own interest developed because I thought it was a fascinating subject and something I wanted to pursue.

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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... →

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The first calculators tended to sell for $400 or $500. Today, you can get a pretty good one for 4 or $5.

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Five years ago, people were crying and feeling the Japanese were about to take over the Earth. I don't hear that kind of talk anymore.

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It was really a very small company when I started and it changed very rapidly during those first periods.

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Well, it's very dangerous to project, but it's clear that the existing technology has some more years to go.

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How are we doing in the electronics field as opposed to, you know, we hear how advanced the Japanese are? Do you think we're still pretty... →

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I feel my story has been exercised very thoroughly and very frequently.

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I think it's doing very well. I'm pleased to see the concentration on semiconductors. I think this will help.

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