Some of the key innovations are listed below, as examples of breakthroughs that have advanced integrated circuit technology by more than seven orders of magnitude in less than five decades: The foremost contribution, which is the raison d'être for Moore's law, is the invention of the integrated circuit, credited contemporaneously to Jack Kilby at Texas Instruments and Robert Noyce at Fairchild Semiconductor.
Neke od ključnih inovacija navedene su u nastavku, kao primjeri napredaka koji su unaprijedili integrirani sklop tehnologiju za više od sedam redova veličine u manje od pet desetljeća: Najistaknutiji doprinos, koji je raison d'être za Moorov zakon, je izum integriranog kruga, koji se istovremeno pripisuje Jack Kilby u Texas Instruments i Robert Noyce u Fairchild Semiconductor.