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source99 9 hours ago [-]
I would pay for this as a high quality book. Ideally some info and detail about each processor. Anyone else?
femto 4 hours ago [-]
I've got a copy of "High Tech: Window to the Future"
by Gene Bylinsky. It's got an actual Am8052 die embedded in the front cover. Published in 1986, so it is ancient, but it covers they heyday of microprocessor development, when transistors were big enough to see. It's not a "deep" boo, but it does have plenty of pretty pictures.
That maker list is unusable. It's not sorted in any way, contains duplicates (MOS Technology & Commodore CSG are the same), and would gain from reorganizing some brands (gathering Nintendo CPUs together, for instance).
lindnertim 2 hours ago [-]
I know of some that are freely available but are missing. Has anyone figured out how to get word to them?
josh-wrale 11 hours ago [-]
Have people tried training models to decode these photographs into code?
amelius 10 hours ago [-]
How would you do that if there's like 60 layers of metal conductors over the silicon substrate?
josh-wrale 10 hours ago [-]
Fair. I guess it would be necessary to CT scan them, like the Vesuvius Challenge
I would imagine this is of decent interest to people reverse engineering chip designs, or doing failure analysis, so it’s possible someone might actually be trying this at scale.
Arubis 6 hours ago [-]
You can destructively deprocess dies, removing a layer at a time and imaging at each layer. 20ish years ago you could still do this with a polishing wheel and a fine slurry; don’t know if that’s still viable.
throwaway198846 10 hours ago [-]
Computer, enhance!
kkotak 10 hours ago [-]
We need two people on the keyboard at the same time to enahnce.
elictronic 10 hours ago [-]
It’s like taking a picture of someone’s house to determine their current medical diagnosis.
Garbage in, it’ Herpes.
giancarlostoro 10 hours ago [-]
Could have just said to determine where all the pipes are but you know, you could go all the way to herpes I suppose… :)
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL6322148W/High_Tech?edition=k...
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/334312859146
I would imagine this is of decent interest to people reverse engineering chip designs, or doing failure analysis, so it’s possible someone might actually be trying this at scale.
Garbage in, it’ Herpes.
https://www.righto.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=righto.com
https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/none/path/s674...