Apr 6, 2011 7:00 AM

Gallery: Gallery: Microscopic Art Hides Inside Computer Chips

01
robot
*From the UTMC 5962R9657101VXC.*
02
windmill
*Chipworks doesn't have any information on the source of this lovely windmill.*

03
dont-mess-with-texas
*From the AMD Athlon Processor K7650CURBBA.*
04
skull-and-crossbones
*From the IBM 0165165PT-5B 64M DRAM Rev. B.*

05
jet-plane
*From the AMD MACH445-12YC programmable logic device.*
06
land-shark
*There's no information on where this image was found. It's an homage to a classic* Saturday Night Live *skit from the 1980s, so we're guessing it was in an Atari chip or something.*

07
vcr
*Even chip engineers understood that setting the time on a VCR could be difficult. (Kids: A "VCR" is an antiquated technology for storing video on long spools of magnetic tape. We know; it sounds ridiculous.)*
08
dont-panic
*This message from a* Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy *fan appears in the Qualcomm Q5312I-3S2 ASIC.*

09
daffy-duck
*We like the way Daffy is poking his head out in the middle of a bunch of circuits. Chipworks has no information on where this image came from.*
10
nintendo-dolphin
*This classic dolphin image and Nintendo logo come from somewhere deep inside the Nintendo Game Cube.*

11
owl-family
*We like this pastoral scene showing an owl family on a branch. It comes from the Philips 1702 (wafer).*
12
rhinoceros
*From the Lucent M-16410BA DSP.*

13
milhouse
*This image of* The Simpsons*' nerdiest cartoon character comes from the Silicon Image Sil154CT64 digital transmitter.*
14
moose-boy
*Who is Moose Boy? From the Motorola RF IC Nokia 5190 handset.*

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