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Chip Art
When engineers design integrated circuits, they use different shapes to make
a plan. This plan is sometimes referred to as 'artwork,' but it's not the kind
you hang on the wall. It's a blueprint for something amazing. These shapes
are like a secret code that tells the machines what to build. As we will learn,
these shapes get converted into metals, insulators, and semiconductors
during manufacturing. But there are other kinds of art you can find on chips!
Chip art, also known as silicon art, semiconductor art, silicon wafer art, or chip
graffiti, refers to microscopic hidden doodles (designs, images, or messages)
incorporated onto microchips during the manufacturing process. Engineers
leave their creative mark on their tiny electronic canvases! One famous
example was a hidden image of Waldo from the popular children's book series,
" Where's Waldo? " that was found on the surface of a Texas Instruments silicon
wafer in the late 1980s.
WATCH: To learn more about chip art watch this short video:
Silicondoodle Medley by CPU Duke
Source: https://www.devx.com/terms/chip-art/
Image Source: https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creatures/pages/waldo.html
tryengineering.org/semiconductors // semiconductors.ieee.org/

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