Jack Kilby

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Jack Kilby

   <person> (1924 - 2005-06-20) The electronics engineer who
   invented the {integrated circuit} in 1958 at {Texas
   Instruments}.

   TI Biography
   (http://ti.com/corp/docs/kilbyctr/jackstclair.shtml).

   [Was the {JK flip-flop} named after him?]

   (2005-06-22)