Jack Kilby died of cancer two days ago. For those of you who don't know, Jack Kilby was one of the greatest inventors in the field of digital electronics. During his career in Texas Instruments, he invented the integrated circuit and constructed the world's first flip-flop bistabil which doesn't go apeshit when both input ports are in logical 1 and was named JK bistabil in his honor. Over 60 patents are registered to Kilby's name.
Read more about this brilliant engineer here:
http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/kilbyctr/jackstclair.shtml
Read more about this brilliant engineer here:
http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/kilbyctr/jackstclair.shtml