
Silicon Wafer - The Making of Computer Chips, Featuring the Amiga Gary, 5719
I enjoy making these Making Computer Chip artworks more than any other work. I bring one to every art show. I use it to explain how computer chips are made. The coolest thing about the artwork is that the computer chip background image is of chips on the completed silicon wafer in the artwork. For those people that are into the iconic Amiga personal computer, a bonus on this Making of Computer Chips is that the completed wafer contains the Amiga's Gary I/O chips. The artwork describes the process of making chips, from sand to completed computing devices. On the back is a narrative describing the display, the chip-making process, and the artist’s signature. The artwork contains elements used in the making of silicon wafers, as well as, three 100mm silicon wafers (an unpolished, a polished, and a finished etched silicon wafer). the completed silicon wafer, contains CBM 5719 Amiga Gary I/O chips. The Commodore Semiconductor Group (CSG) produced this 4” wafer at its fabrication plant in No