 1957 Cryotron

1958 Doppler fetal monitor

1958 Cable tie

1958 Lisp programming language

1958 Carbon fiber

1958 Integrated circuit

An integrated circuit is a miniaturized electronic circuit that has been manufactured in the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material.Integrated circuits are used in almost all electronic equipment in use today and have revolutionized the world of electronics.The integration of large numbers of tiny transistors into a small chip was an enormous improvement over the manual assembly of circuits using discrete electronic components.