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Tagging Chips: A Monthly Art Mural From The Nanometer World

February 2006: The Tiger In Your Pocket

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		"Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?" William Blake (1757 - 1827) Who knows what beasts lurk within your cell phone or MP3 player? This striking tiger was recently discovered by Chipworks, tucked away on the corner of a dc-dc step-up regulated charge-pump chip that's often used in cell phones, PDAs, and other handheld applications. Note how artist has made good use of several metal layers to add depth and detail to its fierce visage.

Editor's Note: analogZONE believes that this embedded art is in the public domain in that the part was purchased legally and reverse-engineered by Chipworks in the course of their legal examination for their client(s). There is no intention by analogZONE to breach any copyrights asserted by the manufacturer of this part, the originator of the artwork, or the Chipworks client; the image is offered in strict anonymity, in the spirit of examining this unique element within a technical arena on its artistic, rather than engineering, merits.