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Jack Kilby

I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics was mostly radio and television and the first computers.

Jack Kilby

Computers

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Jack Kilby is reflecting on his past belief that his work would significantly impact the electronics industry as it existed at that time. He notes that the field was much less complex then, mainly focused on radio, television, and the earliest computers.

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