Invention contention

08/01/1997

Invention contention

Your 1957 milestone (Timeline featured in May, p. 38) is in error. Fairchild Semiconductor was formed by Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and six others from Shockley Semiconductor. Kilby was only at Texas Instruments.

Also, regarding the invention of the integrated circuit, Noyce received the first patent on a truly integrated circuit; Kilby merely attached two transistors together.

Richard Hodgson

former CEO

Fairchild Camera & Instrument