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Tagging Chips: A Monthly Art Mural From The Nanometer World

March 2006: The Bull in the Baseband

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		Although Pisces is the dominant astrological symbol for March, the gnomes at analogZONE labs are looking ahead with this image of a bull that could stand in for Taurus, the dominant symbol for May. But whether or not you believe in the power of the stars, this bull is a testament to the power of silicon. This latest addition to analogZONE's silicon bestiary originally adorned the corner of a baseband processor (manufactured by a large Pennsylvania-based semi maker) that had been extracted from a popular Korean cell phone.

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.