@kenshirriff The Stanford MIPS project (precursor to MIPS Computer Systems) had a VLSI layout that included artwork of the cartoon Road Runner with a trailing cloud of dust. I remember Arturo Salz telling me that the artwork caused the design rule checker to fail, so he had to toggle random pixels until it passed! I believe this chip layout is on page 26 of this TR, but the image is too lossy to see the cartoon. 😞 infolab.stanford.edu/pub/cstr/