This month in history: In 1958 when Jack Kilby invented the first integrated circuit (IC), he was living our passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors. The chip Jack invented changed the world of electronics forever – improving our lives through safer, more powerful and efficient technologies. We think of this as Engineering Progress – it’s what we’ve been doing for decades. | Texas Instruments

When Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit at our company in 1958, he couldn’t have known that it would someday enable safer cars, smart water meters, ultrasound machines that fit in your pocket and so many more essential applications we rely on today. At TI, our passion is to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors. We think of it as Engineering Progress, and Jack’s invention of the IC – plus the decades of subsequent innovation – are some of the