[HN Gopher] The transparent chip inside a vintage Hewlett-Packar... ___________________________________________________________________ The transparent chip inside a vintage Hewlett-Packard floppy drive Author : picture Score : 29 points Date : 2023-12-20 19:05 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.righto.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.righto.com) | kens wrote: | Author here if anyone has questions. A bit of a change from my | usual x86 chips... | e3a8 wrote: | Wonderful work! Your articles are my favorite coffee reads | myself248 wrote: | > Inconveniently, metal that contacts silicon, metal that | crosses over silicon, and metal that forms a transistor all | appear very similar in this chip. This makes it more difficult | to determine the wiring. | | I've heard that all diodes are LEDs, if one's vision extends to | the infrared. Is it possible to fire up the chip and photograph | it in the infrared, and would that make the transistors stand | out? | userbinator wrote: | Since you mention it was a defective part, were you able to see | the defect on the die? ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-12-20 23:00 UTC)