Chip-Art

CPU Duke invites you to dive into the fascinating micro-world of microprocessors.

Using a powerful reflected light microscope, the micro- and sub-micrometer-sized structures of transistors and wiring are revealed.
Segments can be photographed, and hundreds of such images can be stitched together into large-scale detailed pictures.

Additionally, among the designers responsible for lithographic masks in chip manufacturing, there is an art scene.

Here, silicon doodles, Easter eggs, graffiti, and messages are etched onto semiconductors.

CPU Duke has made it their mission to find, decode, and share this art with the public.