November 10, 2012
Invensense MPU6050 : Weekend die-shot fail
Invensense MPU6050 - is a very interesting 16bit gyroscope+accelerometer chip.Unfortunately, there are 2 dies attached face-to-face, and we were unable to separate them without crushing them into pieces.
Let us know if you know how to separate such attached dies.
November 4, 2012
Micron MT4C1024 : Weekend die-shot
Micron MT4C1024 - 1 mebibit (220 bit) dynamic ram.Widely used in 286 and 386-era computers, early 90's.
Die size - 8662x3969µm.
October 21, 2012
AMD Palce16V8h : Weekend die-shot
GAL(Generic array logic) microchips are FPGA and CPLD grandfathers.AMD Palce16V8h is an 32x64 array of AND elements.
Die size - 2434x2079µm, 1µm technology.
September 30, 2012
Altera EPM7032 : Weekend die-shot
Altera EPM7032 - CPLD which have seen a lot... One of the last using 5V supply.Die size - 3446x2252µm, technology node 1µm.
September 23, 2012
Atmel ATmega8 : Weekend die-shot
ATmega8 - one of the most popular 8-bit microcontrollers.Die size - 2855x2795µm, technology node 500nm.
September 17, 2012
STM32F100C4T6B : Weekend die-shot
STM32F100C4T6B - is the smallest microcontroller made by STMicroelectronics based on ARM Cortex-M3 core.Die size - 2854x3123µm.
September 8, 2012
AVR ATtiny13a : Weekend die-shot
ATtiny13A - one of the smallest Atmel's microcontrollers: only 1kb of flash and 32 bytes of SRAM. Die size though appeared to be unexpectedly big (1620x1640 µm).500nm technology node.
