From the original set of MIPS wafers produced at Stanford University prior to foundng of MIPS Computer Company. The MIPS architecture, developed by David Patterson (Berkeley) and John Hennessy (Stanford), was one of the first commerical RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) CPUs. Object has a large adhesive label bearing accession number affixed to its back. Object consists of wafer, circular plastic case, and plastic mounting case