Chip Art
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IC designers sometimes cannot contain their creative artistic bents and express their abilities in places where almost nobody will ever discover it - on the surface of a microchip. I found these examples strewn across the Internet, and not a one seems to have originated from its owner, so the copyrights, if any, are indeterminate. I will be glad to give credit if you provide authentication. Come to think of it, a lot of the chip art creators and their companies might not be too anxious to claim credit because potential copyright violation of their own.

Dogbert Chip Art

Whale Chip Art

Warroir Chip Art

Waldo Chip Art

Railroad Chip Art

Simpsons Chip Art

Royal Flush Chip Art

Mickey Mouse Chip Art

Groucho Marx Chip Art

Crayon Chip Art

Bulldozer Chip Art

Chick in Shell Chip Art

Note: Since originally posting this I discovered a massive collection of chip art that has not just images, but also descriptions of the art and on which microchips they were discovered - Molecular Expression, on the Florida State University website.

December 12, 2008