Intel Notes the 50-year anniversary of the integrated circuit

A few days ago, Intel Corporation said the 50-th anniversary of the great accomplishments of our time - the integrated circuit. In 1959, Neuss, Robert (Robert Noyce), later became one of the founders of Intel, created the first planar integrated circuits based on silicon. The invention of Neuss, which represents the complete electronic circuits located in a small silicon chip, the beginning of revolutionary changes in the semiconductor industry Silicon Valley. Virtually all modern integrated circuits to some extent using the proposed Neuss production technology.

Integrated circuits based on an earlier invention - transistors of Bell Labs (1947). They quickly found application in the radio, phone and TV. However, electronic devices based on discrete transistors in the individual buildings were larger, less reliable, and consume more energy than the designers.

The first integrated circuits able to accommodate multiple transistors on a chip (rectangular silicon plate). Their production was less an opportunity to release large quantities of products. Today, a chip can contain more than two billion transistors.

Integrated circuits are used everywhere - in computers, cars, TVs, music players, cellular phones and cooking devices - they can be equipped with even business cards.