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HitachiHitachi Memorabilia Company: Hitachi, Ltd.Based: Chiyoda (Toyko), JapanFounded: 1910Founder: Namihei OdairaSpecialty: Produces Electronics, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, industrial machinery, telecommunications equipment, power plants, information systems, automotive components, materials, construction equipment. Developed hybrid LSI chips in the 1960's. Co-developed the z800 mainframe computer with IBM. Developed the original 32-bit RISC processor SuperH family. First successful prototype of 1-Gbit DRAM memory. Hitachi memory chipA Hitachi 144-Mbit cache DRAM Chip (2004)

Hitachi Computer Memory Chip Tie Bar

Hitachi chip jewelry

Item #759

This Tie Bar was a promotional gift by Hitachi that features a computer memory chip.

Silver-tone metal tie bar with red enamel background.


Hitachi Computer Chip Tie Bar

Hitachi chip jewelry

Item #822

Another promotional Tie Bar by Hitachi that features an actual Integrated Circuit chip.

Silver marked tie bar with pearl background covered in acrylic.


Hitachi 64K DRAM Memory Chip Tie Bar (1981)

Hitachi 64k DRAM

Item #763

This Tie Bar was a promotional gift by Hitachi that features a "HM4864-T" 64K DRAM Memory chip.

The Hitachi HM4684 DRAM was a 65,536-word x 1-bit MOS Memory Chip manufactured using Hitachi's double-poly N-channel Silicon Gate process.

Gold-tone metal tie bar with yellow & brown framed enamel background, in original gift box.


Hitachi 256K DRAM Memory Chip Tie Bar (1984)

hitachi 256k dram

Item #762

This Tie Bar was a promotional gift by Hitachi that features one of their "HM50256M" 256K DRAM Memory chips.

The Hitachi HM50256 was a 262,144-word x 1-bit DRAM manufactured using 2 µm CMOS process.

Gold-tone metal tie bar with green enamel background, in original gift box.


Hitachi Thin Film Integrated Circuit Tie Bar (1980s)

Hitachi integrated circuitItem #846

Tie bar from Hitachi features one of their thin film hybrid integrated circuits encased in Lucite.

This hybrid chip has ten individual silicon chips mounted on a thin-film substrate. This multi-chip package is marked "LA02-FD".


​Hitachi Computer Chip Tie bar (1995)

Hitachi chip tie bar

Item #761

This Tie Bar from Canon features a Hitachi Microprocessor Chip and in the background is a Canon Wafer Stepper.

The Hitachi chip

is marked "1994 LD7037 SSG II" when viewed under a microscope.

Gold-tone metal tie bar with red enamel background, in original gift box.


Hitachi Computer Chip Tie Bar (1995)

Hitachi computer chip

Item #760

This tie bar is the same as the item above but in blue enamel.

Gold finish metal tie bar, does not have gift box.


Hitachi HCX5000 Telecommunications 80286 Intel Processor Chip Paperweight (1989)

Hitachi telecom computer chip

Item #880

This Lucite paperweight from Hitachi features an Intel 80286 Microprocessor chip used in their HCX5000 PBX (private branch exchange) systems.

The ISDN capable HCX5000 series was introduced by Hitachi America's Telecommunications Division in 1989 as a PBX product family serving a broad range of customer application needs, from 100 lines to over 10,000 lines.

A Hitachi PBX digital telephone system would have been used to manage the exchange of numerous internal and external phone calls taking place at a hotel, hospital, office, business, etc.

​Item measures 5 " wide x 3" high x 1" deep.