http://thefatguy.com/2005/06/a-giant/ Not-A-Pundit: Just a guy writing about food, music, books, and tractors Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:47:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://thefatguy.com/2005/06/a-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-8263 charles austin Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:33:55 +0000 http://thefatguy.com/?p=4391#comment-8263 Noyce and Moore? I thought the men that invented the semiconductor were Shockley, Kilby and Bardeen -- at least they got the Nobel prize for it. Incidentally. John Bardeen (professor emeritus at my alma mater until his death in 1991) stillis the only man to win two Nobel Prozes in the same category, his second came for a theory of superconductivity. Noyce and Moore? I thought the men that invented the semiconductor were Shockley, Kilby and Bardeen — at least they got the Nobel prize for it. Incidentally. John Bardeen (professor emeritus at my alma mater until his death in 1991) stillis the only man to win two Nobel Prozes in the same category, his second came for a theory of superconductivity.

]]> http://thefatguy.com/2005/06/a-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-8254 Teddy Wed, 22 Jun 2005 17:02:29 +0000 http://thefatguy.com/?p=4391#comment-8254 I met Mr. Kilby at TI back in the mid 80's on a sales call.I thought it was cool then I still it's pretty cool now.He was a very nice man.But try to explain to your 13 year old how you met the man who made all his video games possible with his picture is on the front page of the Morning snooze and watch how unimpressed he is. I met Mr. Kilby at TI back in the mid 80’s on a sales call.I thought it was cool then I still it’s pretty cool now.He was a very nice man.But try to explain to your 13 year old how you met the man who made all his video games possible with his picture is on the front page of the Morning snooze and watch how unimpressed he is.

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