Early Memory Chip Technology 1-bit to 1-Megabit

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Early Memory Chip Technology 1-bit to 1-Megabit

ChipScapesTM Historical Series

Production:

Limited edition size of 50 (production may be limited by availability of chips)

Full Artwork
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Mixed Media:

11"x14" digital photograph (full bleed). Archival photo papers and inks are used. Chips and other specimens are mounted with threads and/or acid free adhesives.

Framing:

The artwork is framed in an 11"x14" black wood shadow box frame, with glass, using suspension framing techniques. All framing materials are acid free. A narrative about the artwork that includes the artist’s signature is placed on the back of the artwork.

About this Artwork:

You are bidding on a mixed media artwork exhibiting a collection of memory chips that vary in size from 1-bit to 1,048,576-bits (1Mb, 1 Mega-bit). There is a wide variety of technologies, manufacturers and packages represented here. The collection shows the tremendous diversity in memory chip engineering that existed prior to 1990. Memory capacity quadruples when density doubles due to the square geometry of memory arrays. Included are the standard sizes, plus an unusual 32-bit memory chip.

Size	Chip Type	Comments
1-bit	Motorola 358	This is an early J-K flip-flop. The first semiconductor that could store a bit. The first memories were built on variations on the flip flop circuit.
16-bits	Texas Instruments 74170	This chip became the standard for small memory needs. This was a SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), fast, but expensive.
32-bits	RCA 4036	This is a high speed CMOS; the 32-bit size is very rare.
64-bits	Intersil 5501	This is one of the earliest memory chips. Intersil was Jean Hoerni’s company, inventor of the planar transistor and an alumnus of Fairchild.
256-bits	Fairchild 95410	A very successful high speed memory.
1K-bits	Microsystems International 1103	This is a rare second source version of the first DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) developed by Intel. DRAMs were slower than SRAMs, but cheap. The 1103 almost single handedly replaced the core memory as the standard memory for computers.
1K-bit	Intel 5101	Another 1Kb chip, but this was the first CMOS memory chip.
4K-bits	SEMI 4402	This was the first 4K memory chip.
16K-bits	Mostek 4116	The 4116 became the industry standard for 16K DRAMs.
64K-bits	IBM 2164	IBM developed the first 64K chip and, in 1982, was producing more 64K chips than the rest of the world’s semiconductor companies combined.
256K-bits	Micron 1259	The flag represents the "Buy America" slogan during the US/Japan memory wars. By this time, Japan had become the dominant memory chip manufacturer.
1M-bits	Samsung 1000	With the 1 mega-bit chip the Koreans became successful competitors in the memory chip market.

The artwork includes narratives on each of the memory chips in the display, information about the artwork, and the artist's signature.

General Information:

These artworks are the creation of ChipScapesTM artist Steve Emery. ChipScapesTM are photographs taken of computer chips, boards, and other computer artifacts. They are sort of chip landscapes, or ChipScapesTM for short. Most often a macro-lens or microscope is used with special lightning to achieve these unique artworks.

This artwork is part of the ChipScapesTM Historical Series dedicated to preserving and sharing chips that changed the world. ChipScapesTM are great collectibles or gifts for the technology savvy.

Close-up Study

Narrative Excerpts:

"...The background image was created by photographing an actual 1103 silicon chip using a microscope and special lighting. The lines in the artwork are the "plumbing" of the chip. They are the traces that allow bits to flow through the chip. The colors come from the prism effect created by the lighting and the layered manufacturing process of computer chips."

Reverse Side

Questions?

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Domestic handling time

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ChipScapes Historical Series - 11x14