http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creatures/pages/sundial.html
This web site has many photomicrographs of images found on various
chips. This particular one is a sundial, located, appropriately
enough, in the clock circuitry.
This beautiful rendition of an ancient sundial was discovered
near the clock circuitry on the Hewlett-Packard PA-7300LC
microprocessor that bore the in-house nickname of
"VelociRaptor" and also contains this dinosaur creature on
another part of the chip. HP manager Rick Butler has informed
us that the writing beneath the dial says "VR FP 1995", which
stands for VelociRaptor Floating Point. We are also told that
the sundial was partially covered due to the metal being
placed on different layers during fabrication. This explains
the contrast in definition between the upper and lower
portions of the sundial. HP chip designers chose the sundial
to represent the clock on this chip because it is much faster
than any watch and time does not move in discrete "ticks".
Jim
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