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A Dog's Life - We managed to capture a photograph of what are now perhaps the tiniest Martians on Mars. Actualization every bit an opposed duet of helmeted gladiators, these angry silicon soldiers were discovered on the surface of an image sensor used by the Spirit and Opportunity rovers sent to probe the Cherry-red planet.

Air Force One - Bank check out this miniature silicon rendition of the original Wright brothers biplane.

Large Mac Attack - An ancient medieval sword, used to protect chips against their enemies, was found on the PowerPC 750 (Mac G3).

This Bird's For You - A very interesting hummingbird discovered on a Hewlett-Packard 7100LC PA-RISC chip.

The Buffalo Chip - We have located a small herd of buffalo on a Hewlett-Packard math bit.

More Buffalo Chips - Designed using the buffalo nickel, this buffalo is laying "fries" with each new revision.

Bunny, Playboy (in Silicon) - One of America's favorite icons, the Playboy bunny, was discovered on an integrated circuit made in Frg past Siemens.

R4000 California License Plate - MIPS bit designers have a tendency to place California license plates on their chips. This plate was found on a MIPS (Silicon Graphics) 4000 microprocessor in revision A.

R4400 California License Plate - Establish on a MIPS (Silicon Graphics) 4400 microprocessor used to power the WEBForce servers in the mid-1990s.

R10000 California License Plate - A afterwards revision of the plate that we uncovered on a MIPS (Silicon Graphics) R10000 microprocessor.

R12000 California License Plate - The latest revision of the license plate that was found on early silicon from the Silicon Graphics' MIPS R12000 microprocessor.

The Canine (K9) Chip - This small doggie and his burn hydrant arose out of a squabble about chip fine art by ii designers.

Can-O-Worms - The tin of worms illustrated in this section is the creation of designer Greg Rohde, who placed the doodle on the Lattice Semiconductor Corporation's popular ispPAC30 integrated circuit to symbolize the numerous problems encountered during the design.

Caterpillar Bulldozer - A miniature bulldozer can be found on an Electronic Monitoring Systems chip contained in Caterpillar heavy structure equipment.

The Chetah - Nosotros spotted this chetah sprinting across the surface of a Hewlett-Packard memory controller chip.

The Chip Smurf - An orangish silicon Smurf is pulling a wagon containing the copyright symbol around the pad ring on a Siemens integrated circuit of unknown role.

The Con Artist - Nosotros constitute this guy in a trench coat trying to hock some fake Rolex watches (that are probably "hot") on a Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC microprocessor.

The Crayon - A giant (i.5 millimeter) crayon was located on a Hewlett-Packard back up chip.

Cyrix 5x86 Chili Pepper - We discovered this chili pepper mixed into the integrated circuitry (nosotros guess to go far "hot") on the Cyrix 5x86 microprocessor.

Daffy Duck - An unusual wireframe model of the famous Warner Brothers grapheme etched into silicon.

Diet Slice - Silicon fruit juice was not what we expected to find during routine examination of this Hewlett-Packard integrated circuit.

Digital Kiwei - This silicon kiwi (complete with a necktie, sunglasses, and a chapeau) was spotted in the pad ring of a Digital VAX Rigel math coprocessor.

Dilbert - We caught the frustrated engineer hiding deep inside the circuitry of a very hot microprocessor.

Fine Print - The legal mumbo-jumbo is getting pretty ridiculous when manufacturers first putting warranty disclaimers only a few microns high on the surface of chips.

Doodles of a Lesser Fab - This gallery is reserved for silicon artwork that is simpler in design than that appearing in the main Silicon Zoo gallery.

Dogbert - A rather large silicon version of the Scott Adams' Patron Saint of Engineering.

The Dream - Digital engineers thought they had an ace upwards their sleeve when they presented this inside straight.

The Elephant Bit - We encountered a miniature silicon elephant wearing a superman cape with the alphabetic character "B" on a MIPS retention bit.

Ancient Egyptian God Anubis - The Jackal-headed Egyptian god who oversaw embalming and mummification was discovered guarding mask alignment targets.

Fast Math Path - A miniature silicon hummingbird is hovering around some flowers on this BIT math coprocessor integrated circuit.

Fi Fi la Femme - We bumped into this silicon seductress in a dark corner on a Hewlett-Packard retentiveness chip.

Flags and Maps - This corner of the Zoo contains the many flags and maps that we have found on integrated circuits.

The Full Adder - This cute footling snake was constitute lurking within the pad ring of a Hewlett-Packard math coprocessor.

The One-half Adder - A get-go cousin to the Full Adder, this snake got cut in half.

Godzilla - This mythical Japanese animal was discovered lurking on a pad within the Silicon Graphics MIPS R10000 microprocessor (this chip is sure crowded with silicon creatures).

Practiced Die Fuse - Chip blow a fuse? We didn't fifty-fifty doubtable that integrated circuits have fuses, but take a look at this photomicrograph.

The Great Silicon Pyramid - Strongly resembling the pyramid found on the reverse side of a United States dollar nib, this silicon artwork may symbolize a new earth order in bit design.

Groucho - The most famous Marx brother is still smoking that cigar, and he doesn't seem to have trimmed his eyebrows or hair.

Guitar-Strumming Tyrannosaurus Rex - This jukin' dinosaur was found adjacent to the mask design credits on the Silicon Graphics MIPS R12000 microprocessor.

Chip Heraldry - A coat of arms constitute on a Hewlett-Packard CPU-support chip may point the royal nature of this integrated circuit.

Hewlett-Packard Abacus - A Hewlett-Packard design team headed past Howard Hilton in Lake Stevens, Washington was responsible for placing what is perhaps the World's smallest abacus on a wide dynamic range analog-to-digital converter integrated circuit.

Hooters - This mother and baby owl were spotted nesting on a tree branch on a Philips integrated circuit.

Hydrolycus - Encircling a silicon rendition of the predatory Southward American Payara sport fish on a Hewlett-Packard microprocessor is the text " Ne lacessite Hydrolycus ", which loosely translates to "Do not aggravate Hydrolycus" or even more loosely to "Don't Mess With Payara".

IBM Hawkeye - Eagles seldom nest on estimator chips, simply we spotted this bird cruising around an ancient IBM RAM chip.

Jumping Canine - This puppy was so thrilled that the mask design was finally turned into silicon that he did a somersault.

Kestrel (Sparrow Hawk) - A cute silicon rendition of the American kestrel, fatigued by Lynn Mahnke, was incorporated into a Hewlett-Packard numerically-controlled oscillator/mixer integrated circuit.

Lassie - This miniature rendition of the famous Collie was discovered on a Hewlett-Packard support chip.

The Aspen Foliage - Nosotros stumbled beyond this silicon Aspen leaf on a Hewlett-Packard digital oscilloscope integrated excursion.

The Little Flower - We found this little blossom on the MIPS R4000 microprocessor. The initials inscribed near the bloom lead the states to believe that the flower was for someone special.

Logos Cast in Silicon - Many chip makers attach their logos to the masks used in fabrication. This corner of the Silicon Zoo contains the logos that nosotros have found on chips.

Lunar Lander - We discovered this silicon version of the Apollo Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) on a Texas Instruments Schottky logic circuit.

Ma Bong - This bear upon-tone telephone was found in the pad ring of an Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) integrated circuit.

Maroon Bells - We have finally found a wilderness mural tucked inside a computer chip.

Marathon Sneaker - Dirty sneakers are ever stinking upwardly the place. We found this one on a Hewlett-Packard RAMDAC graphics support chip.

Mask Alignment Errors - Errors that may occur during scrap fabrication are numerous, but one of the most serious is mask misalignment. This improperly aligned Wright brothers airplane is an extreme example.

Medieval Castle - A slick petty rendition of an aboriginal medieval castle was discovered on a Philips integrated circuit.

Mickey Mouse - E'er had a Mickey Mouse watch? Well, we found a unique reminder of these novelties on the Mostek 5017 alarm clock bit.

Milhouse Van Houten - Simpson's cartoon character Milhouse was spotted on a Silicon Image Sil154CT64 digital transmitter integrated excursion.

Mr. T - We know the A-Team is hiding out somewhere in the Los Angeles hugger-mugger, simply Mr. T has taken information technology to an extreme by shrinking himself and disappearing into an integrated circuit.

Musical Windmills - This windmill was spotted on a Music Semiconductors high-performance local area network content-addressable retention chip.

The Mustang - We discovered this wild renegade horse stampeding across a Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC microprocessor.

National Semiconductor Gator - The most cute alligator we take e'er seen is hiding within the swamps of this gate array logic fleck.

National Semiconductor Lion - National Semiconductor fleck designers must have a affair for dangerous wild animals. We take added this silicon lion to accompany the National Semiconductor Gator.

Nikki, the Chow Grub - A wireframe Grub Chow dog named Nikki that nosotros institute on the Silicon Graphics MIPS R4000 microprocessor. This graphic image was placed on the chip by Nikki's owner, chip designer Larry Johnson.

Oberon: Scourge of the Atlantic - This ominous-looking skull with a jester's hat was discovered on an IBM-Siemens 64 Mbit DRAM integrated excursion.

Flight Osprey - A Hewlett-Packard blueprint team headed past Howard Hilton in Lake Stevens, Washington was responsible for placing what is peradventure the Earth's smallest rendition of an osprey on a decimation filter integrated excursion utilized in signal analyzer instruments.

Pac-Man - A silicon version of the famous game character was photographed gobbling the initials GAAS (gallium arsenide) on a TEMIC Semiconductors silicon-germanium radio frequency integrated circuit.

The Pepsi Generation - Maybe the smallest soft beverage advertisement ever created, this 750 micron Pepsi commercial was discovered on a Hewlett-Packard CPU-support flake.

A Pi�ata Named Asammi - Nosotros hammered this silicon equivalent of papier-m�ch� after it was caught hanging from an Allen-Bradley integrated circuit during a fiesta.

The Pit Viper - Nosotros lucked out and found this pit viper (before it institute united states of america) slithering effectually on a Hewlett-Packard memory controller chip.

The Road Runner - This version of the Road Runner was caught running around on a Hewlett-Packard combinatorial multiplier chip, but we couldn't detect Wile Eastward. Coyote chasing him.

The Rolex - An intricate bitmap-similar design of vias (interconnect shafts) was used to construct this incredible likeness of a Rolex wristwatch.

Runaway Train - This miniature choo-choo was discovered rolling downwardly a shift register on a LeCroy MVV 200 integrated circuit.

"The Little Engine That Could" - Another locomotive was spotted, just this fourth dimension riding the bus lines on an Allen-Bradley/VLSI standalone ASIC chip.

Saab 900 Turbo 16 Cabriolet - This sporty convertible was constitute in an empty parking lot on a Hewlett-Packard integrated circuit.

Fume N' Glasses (The Groucho Mask) - This graphic symbol wearing glasses and smoking a cigar was found lurking around on the Weitek P-9000 graphics bit impersonating Groucho Marx.

Sonic the Hedgehog - We captured this star of Sega Genesis games hiding out between two buses on an Analog Devices digital betoken processor.

Spaced Invader - Our microscopists stumbled across this unusual doodle while examining a rather old retention integrated circuit fabricated in Eastward Germany during the Cold State of war.

The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man - Coming to you from "GhostBusters", the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man was cooked in a frying pan inside the circuitry of a Weitek math coprocessor designed in 1988.

The Sailboat - This simple rendition of a sailboat is the oldest silicon artwork in the gallery.

Sharc Assault - We caught this sharc swimming on an Analog Devices digital indicate processor.

The Shepherd - Intel engineers placed this shepherd on a dual-ported RAM controller chip, presumably to spotter over a ii-headed ram that is nearby.

Silicon Pair of scissors - Need to exercise some clipping? We spotted a pair of snippers on this Evans & Sutherland graphics scrap.

Silicon Roadster - Convertibles always thrill us. That's why we are fascinated by this tiny rendition of a Lotus Seven roadster.

Silicon Scriptures - This corner of the Silicon Zoo contains designers' names and initials, messages, declarations, and other scribbles that nosotros have institute on computer chips.

The Slide Trombone - This rockin' horn was discovered nested in the pad ring of a Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) integrated circuit.

Snoopy - The silicon version of Snoopy illustrated in this section was discovered past Richard Piotter of New Ulm, Minnesota, who besides loaned the 4-inch wafer (made by a 1980s-era semiconductor company named Trilogy) from which the image is derived.

The Infinite Shuttle - We discovered this silicon infinite shuttle orbiting a Texas Instruments Schottky Logic integrated circuit.

The Sperm Whale - Direct out of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", the Sperm Whale that slammed into the planet Magrathea was discovered swimming effectually on an Allen-Bradley/Rockwell node adapter integrated circuit.

Sport Model Tyrannosaurus rex - The microprocessor in the Digital Equipment Corporation Rigel chipset contained a Tyrannosaurus rex driving a convertible sports car, which was intended as a pun on the then-electric current competitive marketing entrada to brand VAX and other CISC (circuitous instruction-fix calculator) fries as dinosaurs.

Starship USS Enterprise - Another Texas Instruments Schottky Logic circuit contains this 125-micron version of the famous Star Trek icon.

Stork Cuda - Nested within the circuitous circuitry of a Motorola 68HC05PG microcontroller sits a silicon stork carrying a new babe. The scrap housing the stork is known as a cuda integrated circuit, and was recovered from an Apple motherboard.

The Sundial - The Hewlett-Packard PA-7300LC microprocessor has a sundial representing the state-of-the-art clock circuitry on this chip.

Supersonicous Siliconous - This speedy roadrunner near crashed into us when we were trying to photograph a MIPS-cadre RISC microprocessor.

Tasmanian Devil - We were lucky plenty to get a shot of this graphic symbol spinning around an Analog Devices digital betoken processor.

Texas Instruments Biplane - Another entry in the distinguished collection of air and space vehicles from Texas Instruments chip designers.

Thor: God of Thunder - Probably the all-time silicon artwork we take yet seen, this prototype was discovered on a Hewlett-Packard graphics chip.

Tux, the Linux Penguin - Tux is nesting within the pad band on an integrated circuit of unknown function (perhaps the latest new microprocessor designed to run the Linux operating arrangement).

USS Silicon Seawolf - We spied this submarine firing missiles from the corner of a SGS-Thomson integrated excursion.

Velociraptor - This very life-similar rendition of the famous dinosaur appears on one of the Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC 7000 series microprocessors.

Where's Waldo? - Ever had problem finding Waldo in the comic strips? Effort finding him on a computer chip if you really want to scramble your eyeballs.

We've Got Roaches - If living in Florida wasn't bad enough, at present we've found silicon roaches crawling around on computer chips.

The Bird is the Give-and-take - We institute this awesome Thunderbird on the Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC 7100 microprocessor.

The Wedding Announcement - One of the most unusual things that nosotros take found on integrated circuits is this wedding ceremony announcement. Cheque it out!

Globe'southward Tiniest Concorde - This miniature rendition of the globe-famous Concorde jetliner was discovered in a property pattern almost the pad ring on an Advanced Micro Devices MACH445-12YC programmable logic device (integrated circuit). Measuring nigh 100 microns from nose to tail, this silicon doodle is no incertitude the smallest version of the plane made to date.

The Silicon Sunset - This beautiful sunset was discovered on a chip built to military specifications for employ in submarines.

The Last Phone call - The indicate for "Last Call" is given on this early version of Digital Equipment's Alpha microprocessor.

We promise y'all have enjoyed your visit to the Silicon Zoo. It is important to remember, while examining the silicon doodling on these pages, that the existent artwork on these chips is the complex, however cute designs of integrated circuitry carefully composed by some of the world's greatest artists, the chip designers.

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