An HP Ceramic & Gold processor (1980's)

Computer Chip
 In Electronics; A set of micro-miniaturized, electronic circuits fabricated on a single piece of semiconducting material. Also known as an IC, integrated circuit, microcircuit, microchip, silicon chip, CPU and processor.

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"Computer Chip of the Month" -  AMD's First EEPROM

Read more about this & other AMD Chip Memorabilia...

For March we are showcasing this vintage AMD paperweight from 1984.

It features AMD's First EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-only Memory), the AM2864.

The 64k AM2864 used MOS floating gate transistor arrays to form it's core memory cells.


Related:    Computer Memory        Flash Memory        Integrated Circuits

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