Jack S. Kilby
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Jack S. Kilby was an American electrical engineer and Nobel laureate best known for inventing the integrated circuit, a breakthrough that revolutionized modern electronics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jack S. Kilby canonical | 3 |
| Jack Kilby | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1193546 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack S. Kilby Context triple: [IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal, namedAfter, Jack S. Kilby]
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A.
Robert N. Noyce
Robert N. Noyce was an American physicist, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, and co-founder of Intel Corporation, often called the "Mayor of Silicon Valley" for his pivotal role in the semiconductor industry.
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B.
Jean Hoerni
Jean Hoerni was a Swiss-born physicist and engineer best known for inventing the planar process, a foundational technology that enabled the modern semiconductor and integrated circuit industry.
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C.
Gordon E. Moore
Gordon E. Moore was an American engineer, co-founder of Intel Corporation, and originator of Moore’s Law, which predicted the exponential growth of computing power.
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D.
William Shockley
William Shockley was an American physicist and co-inventor of the transistor whose work helped launch the field of solid-state electronics and earned him a share of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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E.
Nick Holonyak Jr.
Nick Holonyak Jr. was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the first practical visible-spectrum LED, earning him recognition as a pioneer in semiconductor lighting technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack S. Kilby Target entity description: Jack S. Kilby was an American electrical engineer and Nobel laureate best known for inventing the integrated circuit, a breakthrough that revolutionized modern electronics.
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A.
Robert N. Noyce
Robert N. Noyce was an American physicist, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, and co-founder of Intel Corporation, often called the "Mayor of Silicon Valley" for his pivotal role in the semiconductor industry.
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B.
Jean Hoerni
Jean Hoerni was a Swiss-born physicist and engineer best known for inventing the planar process, a foundational technology that enabled the modern semiconductor and integrated circuit industry.
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C.
Gordon E. Moore
Gordon E. Moore was an American engineer, co-founder of Intel Corporation, and originator of Moore’s Law, which predicted the exponential growth of computing power.
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D.
William Shockley
William Shockley was an American physicist and co-inventor of the transistor whose work helped launch the field of solid-state electronics and earned him a share of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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E.
Nick Holonyak Jr.
Nick Holonyak Jr. was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the first practical visible-spectrum LED, earning him recognition as a pioneer in semiconductor lighting technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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electrical engineer ⓘ human ⓘ inventor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering
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surface form:
Charles Stark Draper Prize
IEEE Medal of Honor ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, Dallas, Texas ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-11-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2005-06-20 ⓘ |
| developed | monolithic integrated circuit ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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University of Wisconsin System ⓘ
surface form:
University of Wisconsin–Extension
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| employer |
Centralab (Globe Union) early in career
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Texas Instruments ⓘ |
| familyName | Kilby ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
electrical engineering
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microelectronics ⓘ semiconductor technology ⓘ |
| givenName | Jack ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | bachelor's degree in electrical engineering ⓘ |
| hasWork | Jack Kilby: A Man of Invention (autobiographical/biographical works about him) ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Nobel laureate in Physics ⓘ |
| influenced | modern electronics industry ⓘ |
| influencedBy | advances in semiconductor physics ⓘ |
| knownFor | inventing the integrated circuit ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Engineering ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeCategory | Physics ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | demonstration of the first working integrated circuit in 1958 ⓘ |
| notableWork | invention of the integrated circuit ⓘ |
| occupation |
electrical engineer
ⓘ
inventor ⓘ |
| patentHolder | integrated circuit patent ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Jefferson City, Missouri
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surface form:
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
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| placeOfDeath |
Dallas, Texas
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surface form:
Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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| reasonForNobelPrize | basic work on information and communication technology, especially the invention of the integrated circuit ⓘ |
| residence | Dallas, Texas ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Herbert Kroemer
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Zhores Alferov ⓘ
surface form:
Zhores I. Alferov
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| workLocation | Dallas, Texas ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Jack S. Kilby Description of subject: Jack S. Kilby was an American electrical engineer and Nobel laureate best known for inventing the integrated circuit, a breakthrough that revolutionized modern electronics.
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Jack Kilby