Re:Every processor die anyone has photographed and given away
by josh-wrale on Saturday November 07, 2026 @02:18PM
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Re:Every processor die anyone has photographed and given away
by dgfl on Saturday November 07, 2026 @03:23PM
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Not sure if regular tomography would work, but this has been done at high enough resolution with some fancier techniques (ptychography): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07615-6
I would imagine this is of decent interest to people reverse engineering chip designs, or doing failure analysis, so it’s possible someone might actually be trying this at scale.
Re:Every processor die anyone has photographed and given away
by Arubis on Saturday November 07, 2026 @06:01PM
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You can destructively deprocess dies, removing a layer at a time and imaging at each layer. 20ish years ago you could still do this with a polishing wheel and a fine slurry; don’t know if that’s still viable.