Who Invented the Microchip?

Smaller than a fingernail, Microchips are integrated circuits providing computer circuitry that is one of the most important inventions of the human race.

A microchip is basically an interconnected circuitry of transistors and resistors etched on semiconducting material like germanium or silicon. The Microprocessor of a computer, and the computer memory, both contain microchip circuits. Most modern gadgets contain this piece of technology.

• Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce are credited for the creation of microchips.
• In 1959, Texas Instruments received the patent for mini electronic circuits, and inventor Jack Kilby rose to prominence.
• Apart from the mini chips, he also invented the calculator and holds more than 60 patents.
• A company of Robert Noyce, Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, got the silicon chips patented. He later founded the company Intel.