Country of Origin: United States of America
Dimensions:
3/16 inches deep, 1.5 inches long, 1.5 inches wide
Materials:
Silicon, DSP Eengine
VLSI Chip - CMOS
This silicon integrated circuit was used in a special purpose supercomputer that searched for evidence of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. The computer was connected to a radio receiver that scaned the electromagnetic spectrum rapidly. The chip processed the received signals to search for patterns that might stand out amidst the background noise.
The NASA Ames Research Center, in Mountain View, California, developed this chip in cooperation weith the SETI Institute.
Gift of the SETI Institute and Silicon Engines, Inc.
Gift of the SETI Institute and Silicon Engines, Inc.
