Vintage Computer Chip Collectibles, Memorabilia & Jewelry

 






About Us
& Our Computer Memorabilia

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Intel Memorabilia & Chips on display (2013)





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Intel 4004 Microprocessor Clock from 1996
 We specialize in Vintage Lucite Advertising & promotional items embedded with actual Computer Chips (CPUs, Memory, & GPUs), Solid State Logic Modules , Early Transistors, electronic components, & even Vacuum Tubes. We also have numerous High-tech Promotional company logo items: Keychains, Paperweights, Silicon Wafers, Employee Awards, Educational Chip / wafer Kits, Jewelry & Pins, Watches, Clothing, Dolls, Corporate Anniversary items, Toys & Puzzles, and more...



Our collecting of computer memorabilia first started out in 1996 during the hey-day of the IBM Personal Computer & something relatively new to the public called "The Internet".
 
This was an amazing time when corporate advertising & promotional budgets were virtually unlimited, tech companies were enjoying extremely strong growth and each quarter brought on record earnings for many. Intel's Pentium "Intel Inside" campaign was in full force and the company was preparing to launch the Pentium II BunnyPeople campaign. Promotional items of all types were abundantly available. In 1996 AOL was the choice for Internet Connectivity, Microsoft had just released it's Windows 95 operating system, Netscape navigator was the browser of choice, and Yahoo was "The" search engine.

 Years later, in 2009, our collection of collectible items had grown to over 400 High-Tech memorabilia items. We decided it was time to start the process of photographing and cataloging our collection,and to create the ChipsEtc.com web site. Our goal was to showcase the exciting Evolution of Computer & Microprocessor Technology that has taken place over the last century using the memorabilia items found in our collection. 

ChipsEtc.com was launched on 01/01/2010 with over 500 memorabilia items. We choose to group the items in our collection based on the company they promote. All items in the collection are displayed with their image, date of release, as well as historical background information.

We now have over 1000 memorabilia items representing  over 100 global high-tech comapnies. 
Our collection is an ongoing effort that will continue to grow over time, so please check back often.

Our specialty is Collecting computer chips, & promotional Lucite Paperweights, Jewelry & Keychains made with real Computer Chips embedded inside.
 

Early Internet Website
Early Internet Website (1995)

 

Chips Etc. Collectors Weekly Hall of Fame



In November 2012, Collectors Weekly - a website for collectors and antique enthusiasts, selected Chips Etc.'s collection of Vintage Collectible Computer items for introduction into its Best of the Web - Hall of Fame.

Their Hall of Fame showcases the best antique and vintage collectors reference sites on the web.


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Explore our collection of memorabilia from the world's leading Electronics & Semiconductor Companies​​


Applied Digital    AKAI    AMD    ​Amdahl    Ampex    AMS    Analog Devices    Apple    Applied Materials    Atari    ATI    AT&T

Bell Labs
    Bosch    Burroughs    CBS - HYTRON    Cisco    ​Canon    Cincinnati Milacron    Control Data    Cray    Cyrix    Digital Angel

​Data General
    Data Terminal Systems    DEC    Delco    Destron Fearing    Elbit    EMR    ESI    Fairchild    Fastcomm    Ferranti    Ford

Freescale    ​Fujitsu    GE
    General Instrument    GM    GTE    Hitachi    Honeywell    HP    Hughes    Hybrid Systems    Hyundai    ​IBM

Intel    Interdesign
    ITT    Kyocera    Lear Siegler    Lucid    Memorex    ​Micron    Microsoft    ​Microvision    MIPS    MIT    Mitsubishi

Motorola
    NAPA ECHLIN    National Semiconductor    NCR    ​NEC    Nintendo    NTK​    NMBS    NorthStar Computers    NVIDIA

OKI Electric
    Pacific Semi    ​Panasonic    PHILCO    Philips    Pixim    Polestar    Precision Monolithics    Ramtron    Raytheon    RCA

Remington Rand    Samsung    Seeq    ​Siemens    SGS - Thomson    Sharp    Signetics    Smith - Corona Marchant    Sony

SpaceX    ​Sperry    Storage Technology    STMicroelectronics    Sun Microsystems    Sylvania Electric    Tandem Computers

Tesla    Texas Instruments    Teledyne    Toshiba    Tung - Sol    TSMC    United Technologies    Unitrode    UNIVAC    VeriChip

Volvo    VLSI    Wavesat    Western Electric    Westinghouse    WYSE    Etc.

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