Abstract :
Chip designers have often etched whimsical imagery onto their creations, but as automated tools improved and design cycles shrank, so did companies´ tolerance for the improvised extras. This article looks at the history of chip graffiti, its evolution with IC design techniques and scaling, and chip art´s decreasing prevalence due to increased production pressures and sophisticated design automation techniques such as VHDL
Keywords :
circuit CAD; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit manufacture; IC design scaling; IC design techniques; VHDL; automated tools; chip design; chip graffiti; chip imagery; design automation techniques; design cycles; production pressure; Art; Calendars; DNA; Hair; Integrated circuit modeling; Laboratories; Magnetic fields; Magnetic force microscopy; Optical microscopy; Subspace constraints;
