Five years ago, people were crying and feeling the Japanese were about to take over the Earth. I don't hear that kind of talk anymore.
From Jack Kilby
It's also somewhat in the center of a number of things that will be useful to the company.
They were the largest semiconductor maker in the world up until about 1980. I'm not sure that that can be re-gained again, but their progress in the last few years has been very impressive.
I feel my story has been exercised very thoroughly and very frequently.
Today, people tend to credit me with having the original idea and made the first circuits.
The groups that have awarded them are all a little different. It's a little hard to single out any one for that, but I think the dedication of this building would have to go toward the top of the list.
I think it's doing very well. I'm pleased to see the concentration on semiconductors. I think this will help.
It was really a very small company when I started and it changed very rapidly during those first periods.
Well, it's very dangerous to project, but it's clear that the existing technology has some more years to go.
It's true that the original idea was mine, but what you see today is the work of probably tens of thousands of the world's best engineers, all concentrating on improving the product, reducing the cost, things of that sort.
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