Godzilla and Sonic on silicon: the chip industry's lost die-art easter eggs
thehiphopswami · x · 2026-11-10
A nostalgic look at the silicon artwork era when chip designers hid easter eggs on dies.
The images show classics: a 30-micron fire-breathing Godzilla doodle on an Analog Devices DSP, a 40-micron wireframe Godzilla inside the MIPS R10000 (now in the Smithsonian's IC collection), and Sonic the Hedgehog etched onto an Analog Devices ADSP-2181 DSP.
The author hopes the new generation of chip companies revives that spirit.
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