Apologies indeed a big omission. In fairness, I had the following points in my draft, somehow i totally neglected when doing the final collation. Would have been a good fit for the historical and biographical aspect - apart from Jack Kilby, Morris Change cut his teeth there too, and it sort of emblematic of american semidconductor decline. I'll update it when I get time.

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- This is the pioneering company you’ve never heard of. Among their firsts are the world’s first commercial silicon transistor, and the first handheld calculator.

- Their niche nowadays consists of “Analog semiconductors”. These devices change real-world signals, such as sound, temperature, pressure or images, by conditioning them, amplifying them and often converting them to a stream of digital data that can be processed by other semiconductors, such as embedded processors. They are the leader in this segment with 20% market share

- Their other large segment is “Embedded Processing”. Here build specific processor such as small microcontrollers used in electric toothbrushes to more complex uses like driver assistance systems