Wednesday, November 24th 2010
Gigabyte Decks Up Taiwanese Airport with Art Piece Made of Hundreds of Motherboards
Motherboard giant Gigabyte contributed to a nerdtastic art piece put in place by authorities of the Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan, Gigabyte's home country. A hall inside gate B7 of terminal 1 at the airport sports a wall-hung art-piece made entirely of Gigabyte motherboards, consisting of two lines, and a circle. The circle, made of identical motherboards, looks like a silicon wafer, and from a distance, each motherboard looks like a chip die on that wafer. A map of the island is also carved out of a motherboard on that circle.
Next to it is a large "Made in Taiwan" sign, also made by Gigabyte motherboards. This art piece is said to be using more than 1,200 motherboards, which of course are dead, returned for replacement pieces. After years of war and poverty, Taiwan has emerged as a major hub of semiconductor and electronics industries, there are ongoing efforts such as this one to propagate Taiwan as a stable investment destination, and in a pretty geeky way, we might add.
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VR-Zone
Next to it is a large "Made in Taiwan" sign, also made by Gigabyte motherboards. This art piece is said to be using more than 1,200 motherboards, which of course are dead, returned for replacement pieces. After years of war and poverty, Taiwan has emerged as a major hub of semiconductor and electronics industries, there are ongoing efforts such as this one to propagate Taiwan as a stable investment destination, and in a pretty geeky way, we might add.
33 Comments on Gigabyte Decks Up Taiwanese Airport with Art Piece Made of Hundreds of Motherboards
I think it's a cool idea but for most people they won't give a poo poo.
There are plenty similar things in the airport already, such as Giant bicycles, another big brand out of Taiwan that most people don't know is actually from Taiwan.
Tis cool, but very... very... very... geeky.
I'd hate to be there with the family and know the model names... urgh.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIh78GiTqrE
skip to 0:49 - do note there is a little foul language but i have an irish cousin thats only about 6or7 years of age that does more cursing/swearing then i do in a year and i tend to do a lot of swearing
If the sign was actually working as a mega-processor crunching machine ... it would be impressive indeed.
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and thats perfectly viable as PCB's are made of Epoxy