Artifact Details

Title

Integrated circuit wafer (cryotron)

Catalog Number

102741572

Type

Physical object

Description

This wafer is AU (gold) and has roughly 300 cryogenic switching devices. Paper lable on back of object reads,"BFC-AU 1963 J.W.B."

Date

1963

Manufacturer

General Electric Company (GE). Computer Laboratory

Place Manufactured

Mountain View, Calif., U.S.

Identifying Numbers

Other number 1963 On label on back - date made

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