Artifact Details

Title

Integrated circuit wafer (cryotron)

Catalog Number

102741573

Type

Physical object

Description

Broken corner piece is in an attached envelope. Label on back of object reads,"24 x 40 CAM 1965 J.W.B." Object is a CAM (Content Addressed Memory) from 1965 which has about 2000 elements.

Date

1965

Manufacturer

General Electric Company (GE). Computer Laboratory

Place Manufactured

Mountain View, Calif, U.S.

Identifying Numbers

Other number 1965 On back on label - date
Other number 448 In center of front surface

Dimensions

overall: 1/8 in x 4 in x 3 1/4 in

Category

Component/Semiconductor/IC

Credit

Gift of John Bremer

Lot Number

X7556.2016