Electronics · Recorded milestone
Integrated circuit
Recorded year1958
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce build complete electronic circuits on a single chip of semiconductor.
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Led to
- Laminar-flow cleanroomRecorded · 1962enables
- Expert systemsRecorded · 1965requires
- Moore's lawRecorded · 1965enables
- Dot-matrix printerRecorded · 1968enables
- CCD image sensorRecorded · 1969requires
- Moon landingRecorded · 1969enables
- Programmable logic controllerRecorded · 1969enables
- Quartz watchRecorded · 1969enables
- DRAM memory chipRecorded · 1970requires
- Pocket calculatorRecorded · 1970enables
- Coin-op arcade video gameRecorded · 1971enables
- CT scannerRecorded · 1971requires
- Liquid-crystal displayRecorded · 1971enables
- MicroprocessorRecorded · 1971enables
- UNIX and CRecorded · 1971requires
- Digital fly-by-wireRecorded · 1972enables
- Digital watchRecorded · 1972enables
- Home video gamesRecorded · 1972enables
- EthernetRecorded · 1973requires
- First full-size humanoidRecorded · 1973enables
- UPC barcode symbolRecorded · 1973enables
- Barcode scanningRecorded · 1974enables
- Omni-font OCRRecorded · 1974requires
- TCP/IPRecorded · 1974requires
- Personal pod networksRecorded · 1975enables
- Pulse oximeterRecorded · 1975enables
- Computer-assisted proofRecorded · 1976requires
- Handheld gameRecorded · 1976enables
- VHS home videoRecorded · 1976requires
- Autofocus compact cameraRecorded · 1977enables
- Data Encryption StandardRecorded · 1977requires
- MRI scannerRecorded · 1977requires
- Smart electricity meterRecorded · 1977enables
- SWIFT payment networkRecorded · 1977requires
- Voyager probesRecorded · 1977enables
- Cochlear implantRecorded · 1978enables
- Laser cooling of atomsRecorded · 1978requires
- LaserDisc playerRecorded · 1978enables
- Speak & SpellRecorded · 1978enables
- Sony WalkmanRecorded · 1979enables
- Cordless phoneRecorded · 1980enables
- Home electronic keyboardRecorded · 1980enables
- Implantable defibrillatorRecorded · 1980enables
- Solid-state phased-array antennasRecorded · 1980enables
- TV closed captionsRecorded · 1980requires
- Home glucose meterRecorded · 1981enables
- Scanning tunnelling microscopeRecorded · 1981requires
- Compact discRecorded · 1982enables
- Wireless heart-rate monitorRecorded · 1982enables
- Free software movementRecorded · 1983requires
- Metre defined by lightRecorded · 1983requires
- Stealth aircraftRecorded · 1983requires
- Video camcorderRecorded · 1983enables
- Flash memoryRecorded · 1984requires
- Inkjet printerRecorded · 1984enables
- Field-programmable gate arrayRecorded · 1985enables
- Atomic force microscopeRecorded · 1986requires
- BackpropagationRecorded · 1986requires
- Modular space stationRecorded · 1986requires
- Deep brain stimulationRecorded · 1987requires
- Hyperspectral imagingRecorded · 1987requires
- Noise-cancelling headphonesRecorded · 1989enables
- Pet microchip IDRecorded · 1990enables
- Lithium-ion batteryRecorded · 1991requires
- CMOS image sensorRecorded · 1993requires
- MEMS sensorsRecorded · 1993enables
- MPEG-1 digital videoRecorded · 1993requires
- Bose-Einstein condensateRecorded · 1995requires
- DNA microarrayRecorded · 1995requires
- GPSRecorded · 1995enables
- 3D graphics cards for gamesRecorded · 1996enables
- Chip passportRecorded · 1998enables
- Microchip implanted in a personRecorded · 1998enables
- Continuous glucose monitorRecorded · 1999enables
- MetamaterialsRecorded · 2000enables
- Optical frequency combRecorded · 2000requires
- Camera pillRecorded · 2001enables
- Atomic magnetometerRecorded · 2002requires
- H.264 video codecRecorded · 2003requires
- RFID supply-chain tagsRecorded · 2003enables
- OptogeneticsRecorded · 2005requires
- Silicon photonicsRecorded · 2007enables
- Home laser hair removalRecorded · 2008requires
- Large Hadron ColliderRecorded · 2008requires
- LED light bulbRecorded · 2008requires
- Room-temperature quantum devicesRecorded · 2008requires
- 3D FinFET transistorRecorded · 2011requires
- Retinal implant for the blindRecorded · 2011enables
- Automatic heat sheltersRecorded · 2016requires
- CAR-T cell therapyRecorded · 2017requires
- Satellite quantum key exchangeRecorded · 2017requires
- Black-hole imageRecorded · 2019requires
- EUV lithographyRecorded · 2019requires
- Quantum supremacy demoRecorded · 2019requires
- SI redefined on constantsRecorded · 2019requires
- Clocks that map gravityRecorded · 2020requires
- 3D-stacked chipletsRecorded · 2022enables
- Flavour-changing cutleryRecorded · 2024requires
- Nuclear clock transitionRecorded · 2024requires
- 2D-material microprocessorRecorded · 2025enables
- Giant reactor-neutrino detector (JUNO)Recorded · 2025requires
- Self-stabilising nuclear clockRecorded · 2026requires
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.