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The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.

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Integrated circuit

Electronic circuit formed on a small, flat piece of semiconductor material

An integrated circuit (IC), also known as a microchip or simply chip, is a set of electronic circuits, consisting of various electronic components and their interconnections. These components are etched onto a small, flat piece ("chip") of semiconductor material, usually…
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Geoffrey Dummer

20th-century English electronics engineer

Geoffrey William Arnold Dummer was an English electronics engineer and consultant, who is credited as being the first person to popularise the concepts that ultimately led to the development of the integrated circuit, commonly called the microchip, in the late 1940s and early…
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