| On December 14, 2005, Texas Instruments Incorporated and the Jack Kilby Family announced two major gifts creating the Historic TI Archives and the Jack St. Clair Kilby Archives at SMU. | 
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| Included in these two valuable collections are some of the richest history in technology and engineering to be found in the world. Among the incredible treasures is the first integrated circuit, the first commercial transistor, the first electronic calculator, first single chip microprocessor, early digital watches, early cell phone technologies and an extensive array of geotechnical and DoD technologies. |  |
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SMU is honored to have been selected to house these priceless historical collections, and we are grateful for the trust that TI and the Kilby family have placed in the University. Please note that in 2008, the SMU School of Engineering, together with the DeGolyer Library and the Library of Congress will be hosting a year long |
| celebration of the 50th anniversary of the birth of the digital age with Jack Kilby's Nobel Prize winning invention of the integrated circuit. These symposia and exhibits will examine the many ways in which technology and engineers have shaped our modern world. |
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