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, all concentrating on improving the product, reducing the cost, things of that sort. — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image
They were the largest semiconductor maker in the world up until about 1980. I'm not sure that that can be re-gained again, but their progress in the last few years has been very impressive. — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image
Somewhere in that 20-year period, I would assume that there will be some basically new approach that will begin to cut into it, but… — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image
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… — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image
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… — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image
Today, people tend to credit me with having the original idea and made the first circuits. — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image
I feel my story has been exercised very thoroughly and very frequently. — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image
It was really a very small company when I started and it changed very rapidly during those first periods. — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image
Well, the big products in electronics in the '50s were radio and television. The first big computers were just beginning to come in and… — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image
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… — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image
This could be done in part, because the equipment was very inexpensive. Not much money was involved in tooling so that basic changes of… — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image
Well, it's very dangerous to project, but it's clear that the existing technology has some more years to go. — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image
I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics… — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image
