Where would we be without our PCs today? Our information-hungry society is constantly being fed with new data from computers everywhere, all made possible by billions of tiny transistors working together. This section shows you what's going on inside the chips that make your computer tick.

• Intel 286
• Intel 386SX
• Intel 486SX
  Three generations of Intel processors that have powered PCs from the mid-1980's till the mid-1990's.
• AMD Athlon 64
  A powerful 64-bit processor made by AMD in 2003. Featuring the smallest devices shown on Tiny Transistors so far!

• DEC VS40X
  A graphics card from an old professional computer made by Digital Equipment Corporation.

• VIA VT82C686A
  A chip from a motherboard chipset made by VIA.

• Crystal CS4236
  Crystal's try at a cheap sound chip for PCs in the late 1990's.

• National Semiconductor NS16550
  Quite a famous chip by National Semiconductor that implements a PC's serial port.
• Hewlett-Packard PA-7150 and Viper
  The CPU and main memory controller from HP's 735/125 professional workstation.
• Amiga A500
  A very popular MC68000-based home computer from 1987.