Purpose of this blog
This blog is inspired by IC Friday and is attempt to push out IC images on a regular basis. I will aim for late Saturdays since I have the most time on weekends to decapsulate and photograph chips. The...
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NVIDIA RIVA128
I quickly realized that to make this practical before I would need a better microscope and more practice with decapsulation. I have that now so I want to give this a second try. Every Saturday I will...
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Xilinx XC9536XL
Wiki page / map linkApologies but this ones a bit filthy. I've gotten better at cleaning things but took this a while ago.The datasheet describes this as being two "54V18 Function blocks" meaning two...
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AWS scale controller
AWS scales are decent bang for buck. Unfortunately, they don't have reverse voltage protection and mine died after I plugged the wrong polarity adapter into it. Heres to its memory.Wiki page / map...
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National Semiconductor DM7474J
"Dual D-Type Positive-Edge -Triggered Flip-Flops With Preset And Clear"This was decapped by heating with a mini butane torch and dripping water on top so that the glass seal cracked. The lid was then...
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Mostek MK5009P
Map: http://siliconpr0n.org/map/mostek/mk5009p/top_metal_mit20x_semipol/"Mostek industrial products: Counter Time-Base Circuit". Found this in a junk drawer already opened. It was stored in a vial but...
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AD534: "Internally Trimmed Precision IC Multiplier"
Map: http://siliconpr0n.org/map/ad/ad534/mit20x__semipol/Compare with the datasheet mask:Old map: http://siliconpr0n.org/map/ad/ad534/unitron/ Its not quite a fair comparison though because it also...
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Xilinx XC3090...sort of
This week was going to be a XC3090 which didn't pan out but heres at least something interesting as to why. First, the package was somewhat unusual in that its plastic and ceramic:The F16600 block in...
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Newport 882
Busy this weekend so heres some archival footage. Newport 882 photosensor:Heres an overview of the inside:Bonding shot:Can see some markings in the corner:
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Xilinx XC4413
Wiki: http://siliconpr0n.org/archive/doku.php?id=mcmaster:xilinx:xc4413&#map This is a mask programmed version of the XC4013/E FPGA. I didn't realize Xilinx had ever made mask programmable FPGAs....
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Intel 80960CF (i960)
Map: http://siliconpr0n.org/map/intel/80960cf/mit5x/ Wiki page: http://www.siliconpr0n.org/archive/doku.php?id=mcmaster:intel:80960cf The i960 was a competitor to Intel's x86 processor line. I've...
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Intel 1602A: "2048 BIT ELECTRICALLY PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY"
Map: http://siliconpr0n.org/map/intel/1602a_10x/ Okay, so its really a 1702A, but the datasheet says they are the same die and that's what the die is marked. With a 1973 die copyright this could be...
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Intel 486DX (80486)
Wiki: http://siliconpr0n.org/archive/doku.php?id=mcmaster:intel:80486dx Map: http://siliconpr0n.org/map/intel/80486dx/mit5x/ The Intel 80486, more commonly known as an i486, added on chip cache and an...
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ST 24C02
Wiki: http://siliconpr0n.org/archive/doku.php?id=mcmaster:st:24c026 Map: http://siliconpr0n.org/map/st/24c02/top_metal__ns50xu/ I want to do a more detailed writeup at some point but here are some...
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Tundra CA20C03A
Map: http://siliconpr0n.org/map/tundra/ca20c03a/ Wiki: http://siliconpr0n.org/archive/doku.php?id=mcmaster:tundra:ca20c03a Corporate headquarters are (were? bought by ON Semi) in Pocatello, Idaho as...
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DEC 57-19400-04 (D4-6901-5)
DEC PDP-11 CPU(left half). "The Control Chip (DC335) implements the microword access and sequencing functions of the J-11 chip set." (http://www.cpu-collection.de/?l0=co&l1=DEC&l2=PDP-11)...
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Most of the dies had their bond wires burned off with aqua regia and some stayed in too...
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Xilinx XC2000 Logic Cell Arrays (LCA) series: XC2064 and XC2018
XC2064 w/ 20x objective: http://siliconpr0n.org/map/xilinx/xc2064/top_metal_mit20x/ XC2064 (upper left) w/ 50x objective: http://siliconpr0n.org/map/xilinx/xc2064/top_metal_ns50xu_semipol_ul/ XC2018...
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http://siliconpr0n.org/map/microchip/enc28j60/top_metal_ns50xu/ Not exactly the best stitch but its been lying around for a while and so figured "why not"
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