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*VERY RARE* 1970's Hewlett-Packard Integrated Circuit "Corporate Objectives" Pin
$ 211.19
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Condition is very good, apologies for the dust in the close-up pictures.**Information from "chipsetc.com":
HP Integrated Circuit Department
Corporate Objectives Tie Tack (Early 1970s)
This Clear/Red tint acrylic Integrated Circuit Tie Tack resembles a 20-lead DIP package with framework embedded inside and gold legs.
This rare item has the HP logo and an actual HP custom silicon chip embedded inside which in micro-lettering is a Statement of HP's seven Corporate Objectives (Profit, Customers, Fields of Interest, Growth, Our People, Management & Citizenship.). At the bottom of the chip it states "Santa Clara - Integrated Circuit Dept.". The HP Corporate Objectives were written back in 1957 at the company's very first off-site meeting of Senior Managers and it's management style has been know as "The HP Way" since.
Many of the IC packages in the beginning of 1970s were manufactured in plastic or ceramic DIP with gold leads. Mostek became the major supplier of integrated circuits for HP's scientific calculators. Hewlett-Packard soon became Mostek's largest customer. HP designed LSI Circuits, micro-programmed CPU & LSI ROM. Mostek would then manufacture the chips for them.
Measures 1" long x 1/4" deep x 3/16" tall.