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Skywater SKY130FD integrated circuit cross section. You can see the layers that make up a chip including the metal wiring and transistors!
John McMaster
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John McMaster
@johndmcmaster
- After years of gathering parts, I finally got a pair of Motorola Sectel 9600s to make a secure call! This version is a "type 4" civilian version of the STU-III secure phone that (was?) used for classified communications
- Someone gave me a stack of these beautiful probe cards they were throwing out!
- So...a second flea market vendor came with bulk wafers today. I'm not saying I have a problem but it might be if I buy this many wafers each month
- Some days I ponder why I didn't chose a career path where I can just recompile my code when things go badly
- Replying to @johndmcmasterI love them because they have literal "encryption keys." Makes every use of encryption feel like you are launching an ICBM (source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ksd-…)
- Successfully got the data out of a broken PAL16L chip by using three micropositioners: 2 for fuses and 1 for the broken bond wire
- Hacker Fab Lithography Stepper v2.1 rev (MVP) completed! Should be able to run exposure tests in the near future
- STM32F407VGT6 lapping down to mechanically remove one layer at a time
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