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Re:Inside the 8086 processor, tiny charge pumps create a neg... by kens on Saturday July 25, 2020 @05:37PM (#23952619)
Both chips have a mixture of 45 and 90 degree bends, so it's nothing that obvious. About 98% of the paths are the same and then there are these changes with no discernible pattern.
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Re:Inside the 8086 processor, tiny charge pumps create a neg... by egsmi on Saturday July 25, 2020 @06:30PM (#23952895)
In the suspected auto layout sections does it follow a modern standard cell convention?
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Re:Inside the 8086 processor, tiny charge pumps create a neg... by kens on Saturday July 25, 2020 @06:50PM (#23952998)
It's about as far as you can get from standard cell. Every logic gate is different with the transistors shaped to fit in their surroundings.
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Re:Inside the 8086 processor, tiny charge pumps create a neg... by egsmi on Saturday July 25, 2020 @07:08PM (#23953091)
That’s crazy. It seems like it would make the software so much harder but I guess it would get the density up. I wonder how they closed timing.
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