KA10 Flip Chip containing 9 transistors, 1971

Flip-Chip modules were used in the DEC PDP-7 (Referred to in documentation as the "FLIP CHIP"), PDP-8, PDP-9 and PDP-10, beginning on August 24, 1964. A flip chip is one type of IC chip mounting which does not require any wire bonds. ... Image File history File links KA10_mod_top. ... Image File history File links KA10_mod_top. ... The PDP-10 was a computer manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from the late 1960s on; the name stands for Programmed Data Processor model 10. It was the machine that made time-sharing common; it looms large in hacker folklore because of its adoption in the 1970s by many... The DEC logo Digital Equipment Corporation was a pioneering American company in the computer industry. ... A modified PDP-7 under restoration in Oslo, Norway The DEC PDP-7 is a minicomputer produced by Digital Equipment Corporation. ... A PDP-8 on display at the Smithsonians National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.. This example is from the first generation of PDP-8s, built with discrete transistors and later known as the Straight 8. ... PDP is also used as an acronym for Plasma Display Panel. ... The PDP-10 was a computer manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from the late 1960s on; the name stands for Programmed Data Processor model 10. It was the machine that made time-sharing common; it looms large in hacker folklore because of its adoption in the 1970s by many... is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ...

There appeared to be some confusion inside DEC at the time, as various manuals refer to it as "FLIP CHIP", "Flip Chip", "FLIP-CHIP", "Flip-Chip" and "Flip Chip", with trademark and registered trademark symbols.

The modules were called Flip Chip because early versions of some of these modules used flip chip mounting for individual diode chips, but were eventually found to be unreliable so conventional discrete diodes replaced the flip chips. In later computers where DEC used integrated circuits they continued to use "Flip-Chip®", despite the fact that actual flip chip mounting was not used, so that they could retain their trademark. Eventually the trademark was allowed to expire. A flip chip is one type of IC chip mounting which does not require any wire bonds. ... Closeup of the image below, showing the square shaped semiconductor crystal various semiconductor diodes, below a bridge rectifier Structure of a vacuum tube diode In electronics, a diode is a two-terminal component, almost always one that has electrical properties which vary depending on the direction of flow of charge... Integrated circuit of Atmel Diopsis 740 System on Chip showing memory blocks, logic and input/output pads around the periphery Microchips with a transparent window, showing the integrated circuit inside. ... “(TM)” redirects here. ...