Jack Kimberly invented the integrated circuit chip in his Texas laboratory in 1958.
His invention changed the whole industry. Integrated circuits have become the core of today's electronics. The development of integrated circuit chips led to the production of Intel's first microprocessor, the 4004 microprocessor, in 1971.
Mr. Kimberly-clark's invention of the first monolithic integrated circuit laid the foundation for the field of modern microelectronics, ushering the industry into a world of miniaturization and integration, a trend that continues today. Kimberly-clark won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000 for its role in the invention of the integrated circuit.
Chips were integrated circuits in the 1950s.