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Inventor and Engineer Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments Receives Nobel Prize in Physics for Invention of the Integrated Circuit
DALLAS (December 10, 2000) - Retired Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) inventor and engineer Jack Kilby will receive the Nobel Prize in Physics today for his part in the invention of the integrated circuit at TI in 1958. Mr. Kilby will be presented the prize from His Majesty the King of Sweden during an award ceremony scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m.today (Central Time in the U.S.; 4:30 pm in Sweden) at the Stockholm Concert Hall, with 1,800 people expected to be in attendance. The prize consists of a medal, a diploma and a monetary award.

"It was a tremendous honor to be selected for the Nobel Prize. I was pleased, delighted and surprised to have been chosen. The Nobel events here in Stockholm have made this a truly memorable experience that is to be savored and cherished," Mr. Kilby said.

The integrated circuit is the basis of almost every electronic product used today, and literally has transformed the world we live in and enabled the entire electronics industry to grow. Mr. Kilby is one of three Laureates selected in Physics by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, who this year elected to honor "basic work on communication and information technology." Mr. Kilby was awarded one-half of the prize, with the other half jointly shared by Zhores Alferov and Herbert Kroemer for their work in for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics.

Thursday Mr. Kilby delivered his Laureate Lecture, a requirement of the Nobel Award, on "Turning Potential into Realities: The Invention of the Integrated Circuit." He spoke to an audience of about 800 on the campus of Stockholm University, where students, teachers, journalists and members of the Royal Swedish Academy were in attendance.

"Jack's work changed the world as few inventions before or since have. It's hard to imagine what our company, our industry and our world would have been like without Jack Kilby," said TI Chairman, President and CEO Tom Engibous. "Our challenge at TI is to follow Jack's lead, by combining innovation with engineering practicality. I only hope we can pursue that path with the same good humor, keen insight and quiet grace that Jack has shown over the years. On behalf of TI employees around the world, we congratulate Jack on winning the Nobel Prize, and for literally inventing our future."

The award ceremony and the Laureate Lecture are just part of a week-long series of Nobel events hosted and coordinated by The Nobel Foundation as they honor this year's Laureates. The Nobel Foundation is chartered with fulfilling the wishes of donor Alfred Nobel's will, which first established the awards 100 years ago. Lectures, press conferences, interviews, web casts, receptions and banquets are just part of what each Laureate will be experiencing during the week.

More details are available on the schedule of events surrounding the Nobel activities, including those featuring Mr. Kilby, at the Nobel web site, www.nobel.se where the award ceremony will be broadcast live. The Laureate Lecture will be available on the same site Monday, December 11, and interviews will be available one-to-two days following the scheduled event.

For photo coverage, the Associated Press in New York cooperates with the Swedish photo agency Pressens Bild in providing Nobel photos.