CPU die photo

[The_Other_One]

I opened up an old 486 some time ago, and recently just got a decent picture of it. Enjoy

 

[Burgerbob]

Thats cool! maybe ill pry apart my pentium somehow...

 

[Hairy_Lee]

Damn... i didn't think that was possible lol

 

[APM98]

thats a really cool shot

 

[The_Other_One]

I tried an old P166 once but I ended up cracking the die... I've tried a few others but either nothing was really visable, or I broke it in the end.

But thanks I keep this think around with me. If it was more sturdy and didn't have the pins, I'd use it like a key chain

 

[tweaker]

If it was more sturdy and didn't have the pins, I'd use it like a key chain

I've made a key holder out of an old Duron 850 Socket 462, I dont carry it around much though. hehe

 

[Geoff]

Heres a good photo from a Pentium 4, and showing what the different parts are:

 

[diduknowthat]

hahah sweet, how did you get it open? Care to share? I have a busted celeron D i'm willing to play with =)

 

[palmmann]

hahah sweet, how did you get it open? Care to share? I have a busted celeron D i'm willing to play with =)

who ya talkin to? i have about 5 486 dx's i don't want

 

[diduknowthat]

who ya talkin to? i have about 5 486 dx's i don't want

im talking to the other one

 

[fade2green514]

i plan on majoring in this stuff
Microelectronic Engineering.
but first 2 years at a community college under engineering science, to save money. $25000 a year for the school i wanted!
i got accepted but im not paying $100,000 for college... so the cheaper $50,000 will do just fine.
haha

 

[The_Other_One]

Take a dremel and just go around the metal plate. I'm not sure how some of the newer processors will work, but these older ones are very easy to get into...

 

[eyesofvenus]

i plan on majoring in this stuff
Microelectronic Engineering.
but first 2 years at a community college under engineering science, to save money. $25000 a year for the school i wanted!
i got accepted but im not paying $100,000 for college... so the cheaper $50,000 will do just fine.
haha

Whoa dude, thats some serious amount of cash!! Im doing computer engineering in college, but all I have to pay is my registration fee's at the start of the year which amount to about €800

 

[Christian Darrall]

i dont understand what that photos supposed to be of

 

[Trizoy]

A processor.

 

[Cromewell]

It's what a CPU looks like on the inside.

 

[diduknowthat]

But thanks I keep this think around with me. If it was more sturdy and didn't have the pins, I'd use it like a key chain

Thanks for the idea, i just made one out of an old PII cpu

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

Thanks for the idea, i just made one out of an old PII cpu

thats gotta be a big keychain, slot 1's are big

 

[diduknowthat]

thats gotta be a big keychain, slot 1's are big

oh i didn't use the entire card, i just plied the little section of the actual cpu looking part off.

it's no more than 2 inches across

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

oh, i thought you meant the whole thing