The Integrated Circuit  late 1950s - mid 1970s Jack Kilby: Issued a patent covering the basic integrated circuit (1958) Robert Noyce: Patented a method to interconnect the components on a chip (1958) Intel: The first microprocessor chip, the Intel 4004 (1971) Intel: The Intel 8080 (1974)   Calculus, watch, integrated circuit, copyright of Smithsonian Institutions' national Museum of American History TI Logo, copyright of Texas Instrument  June Woest