https://archive.md/jUd4J
"Herbert Kroemer, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who spearheaded the
development of a new kind of semiconductor, leading to Information Age advances
at the heart of everything from bar-code scanners, CD players and cellphones to
satellite communications and fiber-optic networks, died March 8 at 95.
His death was announced by the University of California at Santa Barbara, where
he had been on the faculty for nearly 50 years. A statement from the school’s
chancellor, Henry T. Yang, did not say where or how he died but credited Dr.
Kroemer with “transforming UC Santa Barbara into a leader in engineering and
materials science.”
A German-born researcher with a thick white beard and heavy skepticism of
scientific authority, Dr. Kroemer was awarded a share of the Nobel Prize in
physics in 2000 for developing semiconductor heterostructures, layered devices
that proved foundational to advanced lasers and high-speed transistors.
He shared his half of the prize with the Russian physicist Zhores Alferov, who
worked independently but in parallel to develop the devices; the other half
went to Jack Kilby, a researcher at Texas Instruments who played a central role
in the invention of the integrated circuit, or microchip.
Together, their work “laid a stable foundation for modern information
technology,” the Nobel committee said."
Via Kenny Chaffin.
RIP,
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