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Article: Book Chronicles Texas Instruments Engineer's Creation of Microchip.

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October 6, 2001
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By Paul Foutch, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 6--If you possess any civic pride at all, then you know that one of the great inventions of the 20th century -- the integrated circuit -- was developed in Dallas, and that Texas Instruments engineer Jack Kilby won the Nobel Prize for it.

But what's an integrated circuit again? And how did TI's vacation policy contribute to Mr. Kilby's discovery?

For those who are a little fuzzy on the details of one of Dallas' greatest moments, two events next week provide an opportunity to brush up, as the city's favorite engineer gets another moment in the media spotlight.

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