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To: Spartex who wrote (13713)	7/20/1998 7:12:00 PM
From: Jock Hutchinson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25814

I believe that the semiconductor was invented by John Burdeen (sp?) at the University of Illinois in 1954. I am lazy right now, but I believe that you can look it up under Nobel Prize winners.

To: Spartex who wrote (13713)	7/20/1998 8:00:00 PM
From: Grand Poobah	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25814

Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments invented the integrated circuit in 1958, and wide-scale production followed shortly thereafter in the early 60's. The transistor was invented by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley, for which they got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1956. (Interestingly, Bardeen got a second Nobel Prize for the theory of superconductivity in 1972.) Semiconductors themselves were invented by God a while before that. <g> G.P.