Book Review: The Chip by T.R.Reid

The Chip: How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution

This is the story Semi-conductor revolution pioneered by Robert_Noyce Robert Norton Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990), nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", was an American physicist and entrepreneur who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968. He was also credited with the realization of the first monolithic integrated circuit or microchip made with silicon, which fueled the personal computer revolution and gave Silicon Valley its name. and Jack_Kilby Jack St. Clair Kilby (November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005) was an American electrical engineer who took part, along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor, in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments (TI) in 1958.: 22  He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on December 10, 2000. Author has done an excellent job of explaining the contribution of these engineers and success of American Industry as a result of these individuals.