What Does Chip Art Mean?
Chip art refers to microscale artwork that is printed in integrated circuits. When chips are designed and laid out, sometimes there are empty spaces that are not taken up by buses and other components; chip designers often take the liberty to use the empty spaces to add their own signature or other images, ranging from simple initials to more rather complicated drawings.
Techopedia Explains Chip Art
Chip art involves the inclusion of images and other icons or signatures into the negative (mask) of a chip that will be etched into a silicon wafer via photolithography. Given the microscopic size of the parts of the chips, chip art cannot be seen without a microscope, and the fact that the designers did not advertise that they added something extra or an Easter egg to certain chips means that there are a number of undiscovered chip artworks out there.
