Made in Texas

Made in Texas

This silicon rendition of a Texas Rangers badge with the inscription "Made in Texas" was discovered near the pad ring of an integrated circuit. Apparently this chip, designed and fabricated by Dallas Semiconducor, was made in the great state of Texas. Note the jagged edge of the chip where it was cut from a wafer with a diamond saw.

This silicon artwork appears on a Dallas Semiconductor single-chip T1 transceiver integrated circuit that also features the Good Die Fuse and Mr. T doodles. The chip contains all the necessary functions for connection to T1 lines for both long and short haul line interfaces.

The chip containing this artwork was loaned to us by Chipworks, a company that is an international provider of reverse engineering services, analyzing the circuitry and physical composition of semiconductor chips and electronics systems for competitive study, intellectual property support, and reliability assurance.


© 1995-2022 by Michael W. Davidson and The Florida State University. All Rights Reserved. No images, graphics, software, scripts, or applets may be reproduced or used in any manner without permission from the copyright holders. Use of this website means you agree to all of the Legal Terms and Conditions set forth by the owners.
This website is maintained by our
Graphics & Web Programming Team
in collaboration with Optical Microscopy at the
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.
Last modification: Thursday, Nov 25, 2004 at 01:30 PM
Access Count Since February 22, 2000: 39111