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An example of an Easter egg in the shape of an etching on an electronic chip, in this case a drawing of video game character Sonic the Hedgehog in an Analog Devices ADSP-2181 digital signal processor (DSP).

Source: The National Museum of American History's Invisible Collection. URL: http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/chipfun/graff5.htm

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(del) (cur) 20:23, 28 March 2005 . . Wernher (Talk | contribs) . . 144×122 (5,367 bytes) (Reverted to earlier revision)
(del) (rev) 20:10, 28 March 2005 . . Wernher (Talk | contribs) . . 144×122 (5,367 bytes) (cropped and flipped -- for placement to the right)
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