Integrated Circuit is 50 years old

For this interested, the integrated circuit turned 50 yesterday - September 12th. The first IC was demonstrated by Jack Kilby from Texas Instruments on September 12, 1958. Read about it here.


I think its amazing how much this technology has evolved and been incorporated into our daily lives in just half a century!

stackoverflow wrote:Integrated Circuit is 50 years old

I think its amazing how much this technology has evolved and been incorporated into our daily lives in just half a century!

Indeed, quite staggering. And not just in comptures as we know them - even things like washing machines, microwave ovens, cars etc, etc.