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I had a couple of questions. The first was about the blown up region on the right in this photo: http://static.righto.com/images/8086-alu/die-labeled-alu.jpg h
by bogomipz 6y ago
I had a couple of questions. The first was about the blown up region on the right in this photo:
http://static.righto.com/images/8086-alu/die-labeled-alu.jpg http://static.righto.com/images/8086-alu/die-labeled-alu.jpg
Those silicon shapes are pretty fascinating and each seem unique with respect to the other? How do they come up with these? Are these just the product of signal routing and minimal surface area needed for the circuit? Almost like a reverse puzzle?
My second question was about the right side of this photo:
http://static.righto.com/images/8086-alu/inverter-diagram.jpg http://static.righto.com/images/8086-alu/inverter-diagram.jp...
What are the purple lines and green regions here?
- abbeyj 6y agoFor your second question, I believe those lines are explained a bit further down the page: "The reddish horizontal lines are remnants of the metal layer, which was removed for this photo. These lines carried the control signals, power, and ground."
- bogomipz 6y agoThank you! I'm not sure how I missed this other than there's a lot of detail to absorb in this post. Cheers