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I am the one who have done all these chip photos. I am still looking to find soviet 286 (КР1847ВМ286), but it seems it is extremely rare. If anyone have one -

I am the one who have done all these chip photos. I am still looking to find soviet 286 (КР1847ВМ286), but it seems it is extremely rare. If anyone have one - contact me ASAP :-) Just to be fair - I didn't find that soviet "clones" were clones - layout was changed significantly. Centralized planning demanded 100% compatible chips to make near-100% compatible computers, that's the root of all evils.

terminus 14y ago
Thanks for all the work. That was an amazing read. I've always wondered how people map chip-die photos into something like this: http://chip-architect.com/news/2007_02_19_Various_Images.html http://chip-architect.com/news/2007_02_19_Various_Images.htm... or this: http://chip-architect.com/news/2003_09_21_Detailed_Architecture_of_AMDs_64bit_Core.html http://chip-architect.com/news/2003_09_21_Detailed_Architect... I can see how figuring out the cache and the internal buses might be doable, but the rest... Any insights?
- raphman 14y ago
  Maybe interesting: http://www.righto.com/2013/01/a-small-part-of-6502-chip-explained.html http://www.righto.com/2013/01/a-small-part-of-6502-chip-expl... http://www.visual6502.org/ http://www.visual6502.org/
slug 14y ago
Awesome work. A simple suggestion: make clear that the labels point to the right picture, say with a horizontal line separating them, since the description for the next image is right below the one before it.
jfb 14y ago
What sort of camera rig did you use? The pictures are lovely.
- BarsMonster 14y ago
  It's metallographic microscope BM-158J with some unnamed 5 megapixel camera attachment. To make large photo I had to take 20-100 shots, and then stitch them into 1 large photo.
fnordfnordfnord 14y ago
Great work. Did you ever see these? http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creatures/pages/russians.html http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creatures/pages/russians.html Also, there are a few collectors over here: http://www.cpu-world.com/forum/ http://www.cpu-world.com/forum/ Maybe they can get you a lead on one.

terminus 14y ago

Thanks for all the work. That was an amazing read. I've always wondered how people map chip-die photos into something like this: http://chip-architect.com/news/2007_02_19_Various_Images.html http://chip-architect.com/news/2007_02_19_Various_Images.htm... or this: http://chip-architect.com/news/2003_09_21_Detailed_Architecture_of_AMDs_64bit_Core.html http://chip-architect.com/news/2003_09_21_Detailed_Architect... I can see how figuring out the cache and the internal buses might be doable, but the rest... Any insights?

raphman 14y ago
Maybe interesting: http://www.righto.com/2013/01/a-small-part-of-6502-chip-explained.html http://www.righto.com/2013/01/a-small-part-of-6502-chip-expl... http://www.visual6502.org/ http://www.visual6502.org/

slug 14y ago

Awesome work. A simple suggestion: make clear that the labels point to the right picture, say with a horizontal line separating them, since the description for the next image is right below the one before it.

jfb 14y ago

What sort of camera rig did you use? The pictures are lovely.

BarsMonster 14y ago
It's metallographic microscope BM-158J with some unnamed 5 megapixel camera attachment. To make large photo I had to take 20-100 shots, and then stitch them into 1 large photo.

fnordfnordfnord 14y ago

Great work. Did you ever see these? http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creatures/pages/russians.html http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creatures/pages/russians.html Also, there are a few collectors over here: http://www.cpu-world.com/forum/ http://www.cpu-world.com/forum/ Maybe they can get you a lead on one.