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This Year's exhibition: Chips with Everything! 50 years of the silicon chip |
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Our visitor experience for 2008 celebrates 50 years
of the Integrated Circuit and 60 years of the Transistor. See how, in a handful of years, these inventions
have changed our world forever. Listen in at the
Museum’s Amateur Radio station, MM0 MOC. Round
off your visit with a relaxing cuppa in the Soundbytes
Café
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Our exhibition traces the development of the integrated Circuit
from the earliest days to the
cutting edge of today's technology. It is an exciting and fascinating story .
. . So join us on our
astonishing journey. The main exhibition areas are: ‘Silicon Alley’ which demonstrates how chips are manufactured. ‘The Clean Room’ and why it is needed. The ‘Convergence
of TechnologiesZone’ is the focal point. It shows how, over time, smaller and smaller products have combined more and more functions. ‘The Future Zone’ discusses where these technologies are all heading. ‘The We have a wide range of artefacts showing applications of the
new technology alongside the previous generation. |
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2007 – From Bigband to Broadband (Burntisland) 2006 - Get The Picture: Inside the Television (Burntisland) 2005 - WWII: 60 Years On (Burntisland) August 2000-Present - Alrick Building at Kings Buildings, Edinburgh University 2000-05 - Tall Ship, Glasgow Harbour 1998 - "Bakelite Bits to Silicon Chips" (Adam House, Science Festival) 1997-99 - Saltire Court Displays 1996-2002 - "Origins of Modern Communication" (Museum of Flight) 1995 - Monica Fish Pond, India Street 1994 - "Dots, Dashes and Dials" (Kings Buildings, Edinburgh University) 1993 - "Cats Whiskers" (International Science Festival, Edinburgh University) 1992 - "Words, Music and Morse" (Union Street, Bo'ness) |
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