Item069: Silicon Wafer IBM ASIC Pendant - Silver, Green & Rainbow Colors
ChipScapes
$35.00
About the Jewelry
This pendant was made with a piece of a 12” silicon wafer. The chips on this 2006 wafer were very large, 20mmx23mm. These chips were custom logic used in IBM’s large system computers. Under this card is a micro-photo of a 0.1x0.1mm section of the wafer. This wafer had about a hundred chips on it. Today, the vast majority of chips created are unique chips used for a specific purpose. We call these chips Application Specific Integrated Circuits or ASICs. These chips are made for computers, vehicles, vending machines, appliances, tools, toys, phones, cameras, etc. Any machine that is smart has one or more of these chips in it. For example, a car can have hundreds of computer chips in it.
Included in the resealable bag:
The two-inch x 1/2 inch silver-plated pendant (since these are handmade, yours may look slightly different than the one pictured here, but satisfaction is guaranteed), a 24" silver-plated necklace, a ChipScape of a small part of the chip, and a ChipScapes card that gives information about this jewelry (see picture).