A new generation is uncovering the tiny doodles left by engineers on old microchips

[hist78]

The microscopic art scene​

The doodles represent an amusing a collision of technology and art.

Albert Folch, a professor at the University of Washington's bioengineering department, is an expert in the field. He has long merged science and art in a program he calls BAIT (Bringing Art Into Technology). The walls in his office are covered in colorful microfluid artwork, which blend scientific photography with artistic flourishes.

For Folch, the micro doodles are a joyful distraction.

"I think it's a lot of fun," he said. "When I was designing chips myself, I never did it. But I think it's something that if it had occurred to me, I probably would have done it, just for fun."

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/16/1242941475/new-generation-chip-art-silicon-doodles-engineers-microchip

 

[hist78]

Another one:

https://youtube.com/@EvilmonkeyzDesignz?si=Li1Dq59tFG3JqXuD

And I like this one:

 

[Barnsley]

There used to be a lot of cool drawings by designers many years ago.

One company liked to now and again add stick figures having sex which was a bit weird.

Alas there were a lot of curves involved which lead to many false defects on mask as the specs got tighter so customers tended to stop the nonsense.

Maybe now there is agreement to only put these in DNIR areas on mask.