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Inside a ferroelectric RAM chip
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Ferroelectric memory (FRAM) is an interesting storage technique that stores bits in a special "ferroelectric" material. Ferroelect...
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Inside an IBM/Motorola mainframe controller chip from 1981
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In this article, I look inside a chip in the IBM 3274 Control Unit. 1 But before I discuss the chip, I need to give some background on main...
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Inside an unusual 7400-series chip implemented with a gate array
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When I look inside a chip from the popular 7400 series, I know what to expect: a fairly simple die, implemented in a straightforward, cost-e...
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Reverse engineering CMOS, illustrated with a vintage Soviet counter chip
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I recently came across an interesting die photo of a Soviet 1 chip, probably designed in the 1970s. This article provides an introductory g...
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