[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1471 Agreed to House (ATH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1471

 Honoring the 50th anniversary of the successful demonstration of the 
  first integrated circuit and its impact on the electronics industry.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2008

    Mr. Hall of Texas submitted the following resolution; which was 
          referred to the Committee on Science and Technology

                           September 22, 2008

  The Committee on Science and Technology discharged; considered and 
                               agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Honoring the 50th anniversary of the successful demonstration of the 
  first integrated circuit and its impact on the electronics industry.

Whereas in May 1958 Jack St. Clair Kilby joined Texas Instruments because it was 
        the only company that would permit him to work full-time on 
        miniaturization of electronics;
Whereas just four months later on September 12, 1958, Jack Kilby demonstrated 
        the first integrated circuit by combining a transistor, several 
        resistors, and a capacitor on a half inch piece of germanium in an 
        attempt to reduce transistor costs;
Whereas Jack Kilby spent his career at Texas Instruments, a productive 
        engineering career that resulted in over 60 patents and seminal 
        inventions, including the electronic calculator;
Whereas Jack Kilby received the National Medal of Science in 1969 and the 
        National Medal of Technology in 1990, and shared the Nobel Prize in 
        Physics in 2000, for his invention of and contributions to the 
        development of the integrated circuit;
Whereas during Kilby's lifetime integrated circuits provided a million fold 
        decrease in the costs of electronics;
Whereas Kilby's achievement revolutionized electronics and permitted it to grow 
        to over $1,500,000,000,000 in annual sales world wide;
Whereas the integrated circuit revolutionized computing and made possible 
        getting a man to the moon and modern space exploration;
Whereas the integrated circuit led to a revolution in communications, 
        transportation, and medical industries; and
Whereas the future will inevitably bring equally far-reaching integrated 
        circuit-based advances in many fields: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes and honors the research and development 
        efforts of Jack Kilby and his contemporaries, who by inventing 
        and perfecting the integrated circuit brought us modern 
        electronics and changed the world; and
            (2) recognizes the importance of continued advancements in 
        electronics to the well-being of America.
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