VLSI Circuitry

This is the end of mainframe computers. This is the beginning of a new era in computing. Suddenly photo-lithographic technology enabled many hundreds/thousands of components per silicon chip.

Mus.Cat. NEWUC:2006.1 Mnfctr: AMD Date: 1985 No serial number -
Comp: Processor chip Height: 65 mm Width: 33 mm Depth: 4 mm Weight: 17 g

VLSI CPU

This chip has forty connections. It is the end of the mainframe computer.

Fullsize you can see incredible detail.

The actual chip is just 8 x 6 mm

Cannot find out much about this chip but think it might be just an 8 bit wide data path.

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