Welcoming the newbies of my #CPU collection - #AMD K5 SSA/5 versions with 75, 133 and 150 MHz.
Macroshot, picture prior to polishing, set picture and final destination in AMD collection.
#processor #collection

May the 4th be with you!

The BlueCore4-External (BC417) is a single chip radio and baseband IC for Bluetooth 2.4GHz systems.
It was produced by CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio, now part of Qualcomm) in 2004 and shows like many other ICs that the #silicondoodle era did not end in the 90s.
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It’s a #Coyote ! 🐺
Who is the most famous coyote?
Yes, it is Wile E Coyote - super genius! I have great memories about this #Loonetunes character, having watched all episodes. Now, decades later, I found the probably smallest version on a #Bluetooth IC from CSR as…

For the silicon die lovers… the Pentium Pro 512kB L2 Cache, 1995!

Next frame is done, showing the chipset/system layout of a GS8900 mainframe.

#fujitsu #gs8900 #mainframe #multichipmodule #bs2000

It’s Betty‘s #flowers !
I used my calibrated set-up to measure the Daisies 🌼 and the are roughly 25micron high and easily overlooked (see markings on the die picture).

According to the Silicon Zoo page, the background of this #silicondoodle is a sad one: The flowers seem to be…

It’s a #Texas #Longhorn !
The most prominent #Silicondoodles on the #AMD 80386 clones are the #Texas Flag and the #Longhorn head.
Note that AMD released the first 386 #CPUs only in 1991, so six years after Intel!
AMD introduced also a 40MHz version as with the 80486 later, a…

It’s #EarthDay ! 🌼
In the silicon world, there are many doodles representing plants 🌱, like the Lattice logo with a forest 🌲, the ITT fir tree, or the Cypress 🌳 logo.

Yesterday, I decapped an old friend, the AMD 386SX/SXL-33, long in my collection, and finally I found the…

It’s a #silicondoodle !

What followed my „easter egg hunter“ post was a request for an interview by the National Public Radio (NPR)… and today, the article about the topic was published! Enjoy reading!

npr.org/2024/04/16/124…

youtu.be/2gM3IMeYL7o?si…

It´s a 8080!
I also stitched 70 microscopy pictures to one picture...beautiful transistors...

It´s an 8080!
I did not dare decapping the original Intel 8080 but some time ago, I opened a NEC version - the D8080AF from 1976. How do you like the macro shot?

It’s an #Intel 8080!
50 years ago, to this date, Intel launched the 8bit 8080 CPU. 🥳
Anyone has any good memories using this processor?

Looks like a great moment!

It´s an #Intel #486DX !
35 years ago to this date, Intel announced its second 32-bit processor called the i486!
I made a small video highlighting some feaures about this milestone in #CPU history!
Enjoy!

Sneak preview

It’s a #cartwheeler ! 🤸‍♀️
The largest chip used in the S4 is a #Siemens PMB 2705 which is a GOLD - GSM One-chip Logic Device. The #IC contains a hidden Easter egg in the form of a cartwheeler.
Siemens (now Infineon) had one of its regional headquarters in the German city Düsseldorf…

It’s a #Siemens S4 mobile phone!
Only one of the four Siemens ICs has a #silicondoodle . You recognise it on the broken IC?
The memory ICs are also ‚empty‘.
The second doodle (the hatching dino) is on the #AnalogDevices Mixed Signal processor which takes the function of speech…

It’s an #EasterEgg !
Those vintage mobile phones have many ICs…the S4 from Siemens (1995) counts 7. Two of the chips have an #easteregg hidden inside.
Watch my video to find them!

youtu.be/zjgRZocKYtI?si…

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