Multiple choice general knowledge history

Silicon chip

  1. IBM

  2. Texas Instruments

  3. Intel

  4. AMD
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Jack Kilby at Texas Instruments invented the first integrated circuit (silicon chip) in 1958, revolutionizing electronics. While Intel and AMD are major chip manufacturers today, the original invention was at Texas Instruments. This invention earned Kilby the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000.

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