[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thought this might be of interest....photos at the web site.

[blam]

"We’ve compiled here a list of 25 ICs that we think deserve the best spot on the mantelpiece of the house that Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce built. "

I see the west coast boys are still trying to re-write history. There is a reason Jack Kilby (TI) and not Robert Noyce (Intel) received the Nobel Prize in physics for the invention of the intergrated circuit(IC)...Jack did it, not Robert!!

Jack, always the genteman:

"I would like to mention another right person at the right time, namely Robert Noyce, a contemporary of mine who worked at Fairchild Semiconductor. While Robert and I followed our own paths, we worked hard together to achieve commercial acceptance for integrated circuits. If he were still living, I have no doubt we would have shared this prize."

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Ernest.

What processor powers Bender, the alcoholic, chain-smoking, morally reprehensible robot in "Futurama"? Answer: MOS Technology's 6502.

But of course!

[singing] through the door there came familiar laughter...

[Marine_Uncle]

Interesting list of IC’s from the good old days.