Microprocessor die pictures

All microprocessor die pictures presented on www.cpu-world.com are copyrighted by William Blair and are published with his permission. For a complete list of pages containing links to CPU die pictures, please see further below.

William is currently looking for more chips for die photography. His primary focus is on microprocessors, microcontrollers and FPU chips, but he will gladly accept other computer-related chips. The chips can be in almost any condition – badly bent, broken or missing pins, scratched, chipped or broken ceramic package, solder pulls, etc. Chips that would otherwise be of no interest to collectors because of their condition are perfectly acceptable for his purposes. The only exceptions are:

  • The chip die must not be damaged and the die cavity must be sealed
  • The chips must be in ceramic packages and have a metal or ceramic die lid over the die cavity.

William will e-mail donors full-resolution pictures of the dies of their donated chips. William is planning to upgrade his photographic equipment in 2007, and re-take pictures of all of the chips in his possession. For this reason donated chips will not be returned. On the bright side, once he re-takes new pictures he will send new die pictures to all people who donated their chips.

So, if you have any chips you'd like to donate to this ongoing effort to photographically document the hidden beauty of integrated circuit dies, please contact William Blair. He will gladly pay the postage required to mail your chips. Please keep in mind that he is not making this effort for monetary gain, but to reveal for everyone's enjoyment as many colorful die microscapes as possible.

Update: William now has his own site IC Die Photography where you can find more microprocessor die pictures (link will open in a new window).

 

AMD 2901
AMD 29000
AMD 9511
AMD K5
Cyrix 6x86
Intel 3000 (New)
Intel 8008
Intel 8080
Intel 8085
Intel 8086
Intel 8087
Intel 8088
Intel 80186
Intel 80286
Intel 80287
Intel 80386
Intel 80387
Intel 80486
Intel 80486 overdrive
Intel Pentium
Intel 80960
MIPS R4400
Motorola 6800
Motorola 680x
Motorola 6809
Motorola 68000
Motorola 68010 (New)
Motorola 68020
Motorola 68040
Motorola 68881
Motorola 68882 (New)
RCA 1802
Winchip C6
Zilog Z8000
 
Images of microprocessors / microcontrollers
 
Pentium Pro CPU
Pentium Pro CPU
Pentium Pro 256KB cache
Pentium Pro 256KB cache
LSI Logic SPARC UI
LSI Logic SPARC UI
NS32008D 10
NS32008D 10
Cypress Semiconductor 7C9101A-30GC
Cypress Semiconductor 7C9101A-30GC
Fujitsu SuperSPARC II   85
Fujitsu SuperSPARC II 85
Motorola MC81000RC25
Motorola MC81000RC25
DEC microPDP 11 J11-AC Control Unit (CPU)
DEC microPDP 11 J11-AC Control Unit (CPU)
DEC microPDP 11 J11-AC Data Unit
DEC microPDP 11 J11-AC Data Unit
AMD AM8052-8LC50 Microcontroller
AMD AM8052-8LC50 Microcontroller
AMD Am29050-40GC CPU
AMD Am29050-40GC CPU
TI SN74ACT8832AGB (32-bit Bit Slice Processor).JPG
TI SN74ACT8832AGB 32-bit Bit Slice Processor
NEC VR3000A-40 CPU
NEC VR3000A-40 CPU
AMD 80C541A Engineering Sample
AMD 80C541A Engineering Sample
Fairchild F944518DC (DG Nova on a chip)
Fairchild F944518DC (DG Nova on a chip)
 
Images of other chips
 
Intel C51C98-25 16Kx4 Static RAM TTL compatible
Intel C51C98-25
16Kx4 Static RAM TTL compatible
Intel C2708 EPROM
Intel C2708 EPROM
Intel C2109-3 8Kx1 dynamic RAM
Intel C2109-3
8Kx1 dynamic RAM
Data General MicroNova mN615D
Data General MicroNova mN615D
SMC COM8502 UART
SMC COM8502 UART
Intel C1702A EPROM
Intel C1702A EPROM
Mostek MK1002 128x2 SISO shift register
Mostek MK1002
128x2 SISO shift register
Zilog Z8010CS MMU
Zilog Z8010CS MMU
Electronic Arrays 8316F ROM
Electronic Arrays 8316F ROM
Bt 467KG230 RAMDAC
Bt 467KG230 RAMDAC
MME U555C
MME U555C
Matsushita MN8600SA2
Matsushita MN8600SA2
WDC CP1621 (LSI-11) Control Unit
WDC CP1621 (LSI-11) Control Unit
WDC CP1611 (LSI-11) Data Unit
WDC CP1611 (LSI-11) Data Unit
AMD AM9216BDC 2Kx8 ROM
AMD AM9216BDC 2Kx8 ROM
AMD AM29X305ADC
AMD AM29X305ADC
AT&T 1047P
AT&T 1047P
AT&T DSP32C Digital Signal Processor
AT&T DSP32C Digital Signal Processor
HP PA-RISC 7000 MIOC (memory IO controller)
HP PA-RISC 7000 MIOC (memory IO controller)
IDT 49C402-BG84
IDT 49C402-BG84
Motorola MC68450L10 DMA Controller
Motorola MC68450L10 DMA Controller

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