JACK KILBY, INVENTOR OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, DIES.(BUSINESS)(Obituary) From: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) | Date: June 22, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Capital Newspapers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Matt Slagle AP technology writer

DALLAS -- Nobel laureate Jack Kilby, a UW-Madison graduate whose invention of the integrated circuit ushered in the modern electronics age and made possible the microprocessor, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 81.

Kilby died Monday at his Dallas home, according to Texas Instruments, where he worked for many years.

Before the integrated circuit, electronic devices relied on bulky and fragile circui...

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