ChipScapes nCube 2 Silicon Wafer Supercomputer, Parallel, Hypercube, Artwork

ChipScapes nCube 2 Silicon Wafer Supercomputer, Parallel, Hypercube, Artwork
ChipScapes nCube 2 Silicon Wafer Supercomputer, Parallel, Hypercube, Artwork
ChipScapes nCube 2 Silicon Wafer Supercomputer, Parallel, Hypercube, Artwork

ChipScapes nCube 2 Silicon Wafer Supercomputer, Parallel, Hypercube, Artwork

This listing is for an artwork that features a rare nCube 2 Silicon Wafer. This nCube 2 silicon wafer was produced in 1990. There are about 32 microprocessors on this 4 inch wafer. The dies are fairly large for the time at about 14mm square.

Near the edges you will see partial chips. The wafer would be scored and diced into individual dice, or chips. NCube was founded in 1983 to compete in the hypercube parallel supercomputer market. The first machine was called the nCube 10 for its ability to create an order-ten hypercube. It could support over a 1,000 processors in a single system. Advanced for its time, it could also support the partitioning of the system in sub-nodes to be allocated to different users and workloads. In 1985, the first generation of the nCube system used a custom set of chips for each processor. Introduced in 1989, the next generation, nCube 2, produced a complete processor on a single chip. The nCube 2 was over three times faster than its predecessor, running at 7 MIPS and 3.5 MFLOPS. The largest nCube 2 system was installed at Sandia National Labs for nuclear research and development. This system had 1024 nodes and reach reached speeds of 1.91 GFLOPS.

In the late 90's, nCube's focus became Video On-Demand streaming servers, technology, and applications. The artwork is framed in an 11"x14" black shadow box frame, with glass. All framing materials are acid free. A narrative about the artwork that includes the artists signature is placed on the back of the artwork. Limited by availability of wafers and chips.

Want to see more ChipScapes? Computer chips start out as ordinary sand, which is silicon dioxide. However, the silicon must be made very, very pure.

The first step is to melt the sand, in a furnace that reaches about 3200. F, and mix with carbon.

This first purification process creates 99% pure Silicon, a common output is Silicon Carbide. The Silicon Carbide is processed in a trichlorosilane distillation method to create 99.9999% pure silicon called polycrystalline silicon.

The polysilicon is broken up into chunks. These chunks are melted in a crucible at about 2500. A silicon crystal seed is dipped in molten silicon and slowly drawn out to create a cylinder of silicon. These silicon cylinders are some of the purest crystals on the planet. Once the silicon cylinder is grown to the desired diameter, it is sawed into wafers.

These wafers are polished to achieve a very flat mirror surface. Transistors, and other micro-electronic parts, are built on the polished wafer in layers in a process called etching. The wafer is then sawed into its individual chips. Each chip is mounted in an electronic package that serves to protect it and connect it to the outside world.

It has been said that computer chips are the greatest value added product in the world. We essentially take a pile of sand and change it into thousands of dollars worth of computer chips. These artworks are the creation of. Are photographs taken of computer chips, boards, and other computer artifacts. They are sort of chip landscapes, or.

Most often a macro-lens or microscope is used with special lightning to achieve these unique artworks. Intel, IBM, Fairchild, DEC, Signetics, Intersil, AMD, Zilog, Motorola, MOS, NEC, Texas Instruments, are some of the great chip making companies. Chips like the Intel 4004, MOS 6502, Zilog Z80, AMD 2901, IBM PowerPC and others have changed the way people work and play. Are dedicated to preserving and sharing these computing and communication technologies that changed the world. Artworks are fine collectible artworks. Come is a variety of shapes sizes and colors. Clusters of my artwork make for stunning displays! Would make a great gift for the nerd, geek, engineer, programmer, IT executive, or just that technology savvy person in your life.

For more information about ChipScapes. Please check out my ChipScapes. For more information about chip collecting as a hobby. The item "ChipScapes nCube 2 Silicon Wafer Supercomputer, Parallel, Hypercube, Artwork" is in sale since Wednesday, December 12, 2018. This item is in the category "Art\Mixed Media Art & Collage Art".

The seller is "chipscapes" and is located in Winter Park, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.


ChipScapes nCube 2 Silicon Wafer Supercomputer, Parallel, Hypercube, Artwork


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