We supported the Patriot Missile project in the 1980s. The "Gate Array" semiconductor devices consisted of about 110 large devices with 64 pins that were essentially arrays of digital gates. If you looked closely at the die, there was an alligator drinking a cocktail with umbrella in it, sitting in a beach chair wearing a t-shirt that said "Ray" on it in the corner of the die. Those designers had a sense of humor.
Gate Array ===> "Gator Ray"
lol nice
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