How are we doing in the electronics field as opposed to, you know, we hear how advanced the Japanese are? Do you think we're still pretty competitive? Oh, yes. Jack Kilby More Quotes by Jack Kilby More Quotes From Jack Kilby I think the varied backgrounds in the beginning were a plus. It took a while for people to understand what they were trying to do and get started, but it did provide for a lot of new ideas. Jack Kilby people ideas thinking I'm sure there will continue to be exciting new products and major changes, but it looks as if the existing technology has a great deal of room to grow and prosper. Jack Kilby technology looks rooms The first calculators tended to sell for $400 or $500. Today, you can get a pretty good one for 4 or $5. Jack Kilby calculators today firsts I'm doing a little consulting. I'm somewhat retired, still a director of a company or two. Jack Kilby littles two directors 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. Jack Kilby talk feeling earth people I feel my story has been exercised very thoroughly and very frequently. Jack Kilby been i-feel story feel There was a space program before there was integrated circuits. Jack Kilby space-program before program space Today, people tend to credit me with having the original idea and made the first circuits. Jack Kilby me credit today people They're very strong in memory. Didn't do very much in microprocessors or digital signal processing. Jack Kilby very memory digital strong This could be done in part, because the equipment was very inexpensive. Not much money was involved in tooling so that basic changes of that type could be accomplished. Jack Kilby changes because money done It's also somewhat in the center of a number of things that will be useful to the company. Jack Kilby useful will things 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. Jack Kilby last progress world years My own interest developed because I thought it was a fascinating subject and something I wanted to pursue. Jack Kilby something own thought my-own The number of parts that were required were just prohibitive. Jack Kilby parts number were just 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. Jack Kilby go think dedication building I think it's doing very well. I'm pleased to see the concentration on semiconductors. I think this will help. Jack Kilby will doing see think It was really a very small company when I started and it changed very rapidly during those first periods. Jack Kilby first small company changed Somewhere in that 20-year period, I would assume that there will be some basically new approach that will begin to cut into it, but it's got a long time. Jack Kilby new long-time time long Well, it's very dangerous to project, but it's clear that the existing technology has some more years to go. Jack Kilby some go dangerous technology Well, the big products in electronics in the '50s were radio and television. The first big computers were just beginning to come in and represented the most logical market for us to work in. Jack Kilby computers beginning work television
