The Integrated Circuit
Aug 03, 2023•23 min•Season 5Ep. 9
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Episode description
Episode 9 of Brandon Seale's podcast on the Engines of Texas History.
Jack Kilby's integrated circuit set off the "Second Industrial Revolution" and I want to believe that it was the product of Texans' finely-tuned attention to energy density, going back to the likes of Gail Borden and every plains Indian that ever sat a horse. And yet, is the integrated circuit perhaps a better example of land-obsessed Texans' failing to appreciate the potential of the twentieth century's greatest invention?
Photo available at TexasInstruments.com.
Sources:
Reid, T.R. The Chip: How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution (1985).
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