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The Rockwell PPS-4 - The Original Pinball Wizard ChipScapesTM Historical Series
Production:	Limited edition size of 50 (production may be limited by availability of chips)	Full Artwork (Click picture for larger image)
Mixed Media:	7.5"x8.5" 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: This artwork is a mixed media display celebrating the Rockwell PPS-4. This neat looking chip was the third microprocessor ever created and was the original brains for pinball machines. This artwork includes 3 major items. It has a large image of an Rockwell PPS-4 chip. On the back is a narrative describing the artwork and the PPS-4, and the artist’s signature. Also, included is a Rockwell PPS-4 (11660EC) chip in a black poly resin 42 lead QUIP (QUad Inline Package) package. The rare fully functional new old stock chip is mounted with threads and is surrounded by an enlarged diagram of the chip with the electrical signal designations for each of its leads.
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 original part number of the PPS-4 was the 10660. I selected the part number very carefully. The part number appears on every mask layer, but I "accidentally" left the metal off the top of the first zero. Under a microscope the part number looks like "lubb0", said Ray Lubow." "While the 4004 was bottlenecked with 16 leads, the PPS-4 had 42 leads. The PPS-4 chip technology was metal gate versus the 4004’s silicon gate. Although using a slower technology, the PPS-4 implemented a higher degree of parallelism than the Intel 4004. Its performance was comparable to the Intel 4004, according the 4004’s designer Federico Faggin."		Reverse Side
Questions? For more information about ChipScapesTM, please click on the following links that will take you to my ChipScapes website www.ChipScapes.com: Click here to learn how ChipScapesTM are made Click here to learn about suspension framing Click here to learn more about narratives Click here to learn more about the artist Click here to see my most Frequently Asked Questions

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The Rockwell PPS-4 - The Original Pinball Wizard

ChipScapes Historical Series - 11x14