Nobel Prize in physics, 2000
"for basic work on information and communication technology"
firstname: Zhores
surname: Alferov
motivation: "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics"
firstname: Herbert
surname: Kroemer
motivation: "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics"
firstname: Jack
surname: Kilby
motivation: "for his part in the invention of the integrated circuit"