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The
“Chip”
Written by Polonius Ficklebottom
Electricity harnessed inside
reproduced thin dimensions
does a computer chip comprise
Analog, digital and mixed signal devices,
are the classifications these can reach
thousands, millions of transistors within minimal sizes.
The chips and integrated circuits find home
with conductive wiring spun
on circuit boards copper and electric roads
Transistors are the key, they come in many types
considered among the greatest of inventions
they are the chips brain, and power many a device.
Resisters are placed to prevent bridging effects
the metallic surfaces are bound
with solder, an alloy of tin and lead.
Capacitors store energy, pins carry a current
through the ovens they travel
sometimes infrared lamps play the furnace.
In 1960 this technology matured
but chips are not restricted
to this process, some utilize wafers
For wafers, silicon is the canvas
on which the portrait is painted
low material costs and good temperature ranges to manage.
Many layers make up a wafer's scheme
it's silicon and aluminum are gray
but refracted light gives way to reds, blues, yellows and greens.
"Etching" is the process
of at least two layers of electronically interconnected wafers
mounted one at a time, cut and polished
Inexpensive creations, roll out the line
like a newspaper, churning out new wafers
instead of one at a time
The circle takes shape to help prevent brakes
to fit in as many chips as possible
and machines can handle them easier this way
Look close into the heart and observe
that human mind behind the creation
has left us a mark of his work.
Be wary dear chip, for though you make possibilities
infinite
with your uses many, and speed fantastic
it can prove ill, pushing those limits
In 1956 this tool rose from the mind of man
perfected in the 1980's, it still gains momentum
to think, it hails from the humility of sand.
It now can be found in many everyday things
from computers to cellular phones and cars
and most likely whatever our future might bring.
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