A tiny rendition of a riverboat (sans gamblers) was discovered on an SGS-Thomson (now known as ST-Microelectronics) integrated circuit. This is a similar chip to the one that houses the USS Silicon Seawolf submarine and the Anchor Jet. At 20 microns in length, this is one of the smaller silicon doodles in the Silicon Zoo.

The integrated circuit was donated to the Silicon Zoo by German photographer Karl E. Deckart, who is one of our featured microscopists. To view more of Karl's work, visit his Mikro/Makro website, which contains a sampler of his transmitted and reflected light images captured with a microscope.