DEC Integrated Circuits
Digital Equipment Corporation, originally founded in 1957, was a innovative company in the American computer industry. It was generally referred to within the computing industry as DEC and later as DIGITAL. In 1998, DEC was bought by Compaq, which subsequently merged with Hewlett-Packard. DEC product lines are still produced under the HP name.
High Magnification Images
21066 A Microprocessor (67K) - Partial die shot of the corner of a DEC 21066 A microprocessor showing the many bus connections on the body of the chip using oblique illumination with yellow, blue, and red gels.
21066 A Microprocessor (60K) - Partial die shot of the corner of the DEC 21066 A microprocessor showing the bus connections on the body of the chip and the bonding points for bonding wires using dark field illumination with red, blue, and yellow gels.
Alpha Microprocessor (61K) - Partial die shot of the corner of the DEC Alpha microprocessor showing the bus connections using oblique illumination using red and blue gels.
Alpha Microprocessor (65K) - Partial die shot of the corner of the DEC Alpha microprocessor showing the bus connections and the bonding points for the bonding wires using oblique illumination with red and blue gels.
Alpha Microprocessor (71K) - Partial die shot of the corner of the DEC Alpha microprocessor showing the bus connections using oblique illumination with blue and yellow gels.
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