The ChipBy: T. R. Reid Barely fifty years ago a computer was a gargantuan, vastly expensive thing that only a handful of scientists had ever seen. The worlds brightest engineers were stymied in their quest to make these machines small and affordable until the solution finally came from two ingenious young Americans. Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce hit upon the stunning discovery that would make possible the silicon microchip, a work that would ultimately earn