• DocumentCode
    1403160
  • Title

    The Early History of ICs at Texas Instruments: A Personal View

  • Author

    Phipps, Charles

  • Author_Institution
    Sevin Rosen Funds
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    37
  • Lastpage
    47
  • Abstract
    Charles Phipps performed the functions of business development and then marketing for integrated circuits at Texas Instruments from the beginning of this technology in 1959 through the mid-1960s. In this article, he details IC development at TI during this period, the creation of markets for this technology in military and commercial computing, and the defining roles of Patrick Haggerty and Jack Kilby.
  • Keywords
    history; integrated circuits; Charles Phipps; IC development; IC history; Jack Kilby; Patrick Haggerty; Texas Instruments; integrated circuits; Consumer electronics; History; Integrated circuits; Transistors; Jack Kilby; Patrick Haggerty; Texas Instruments; history of computing; integrated circuit; microcircuitry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2011.84
  • Filename
    6109208