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That’s indeed interesting. Assuming detailed pictures, it sounds then that finding the original purpose might only be feasible if there are any very significant
by anyfoo 5y ago
That’s indeed interesting. Assuming detailed pictures, it sounds then that finding the original purpose might only be feasible if there are any very significant remnants of the registers purpose… (And then it seems much harder, but not impossible, a bit akin to reading very optimized compiler generated machine code).
- rasz 5y agoI found a paper on this 'Coping with the Complexity of Microprocessor Design at Intel – A CAD History' https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.222.8896&rep=rep1&type=pdf https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.22... There was another one dedicated to 386, but I dont remember the title :( on the other hand there are insane people able to RE Playstation CPU/GTE back from standard cell array chip http://www.psxdev.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=551&start=60 http://www.psxdev.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=551&start=60