Hidden arts inside micro chips

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Originally Posted by Chumbucket843

they dont do it anymore for the most part because automatic wafer inspection tools think that the art is a dust particle and and mark every die as defective. you can go through some steps to get past it but its a waste of time.

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hmmm thats odd... why cant they just program the inspection tools to ignore the logo or accept it as part of the logic? or just ignore coordinates x to y? doesnt sound like a big deal at all :shrug:
on wafers, ok... nobody really sees it anyways... but like i said, on the package or on the IHS... thatd be great! :)

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Originally Posted by saaya

hmmm thats odd... why cant they just program the inspection tools to ignore the logo or accept it as part of the logic? or just ignore coordinates x to y? doesnt sound like a big deal at all :shrug:
on wafers, ok... nobody really sees it anyways... but like i said, on the package or on the IHS... thatd be great! :)

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they do that already but you have to add a pseudolayer to the wafer so it ends up being a waste of time. some companies just ban it, others have rules such as placing it in a corner.

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Originally Posted by BossBorot

they missed my favorite one

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creature...s/mistert.html

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that Mr. T one looks familiar...

found some micrographs of various chips on the EVGA SR-2 and came across this:

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Originally Posted by saaya

so how about mainstream chips? is there nothing on our intel amd ati and nvidia chips like this? if no, then why not? :confused:
would be cool! :D

actually i think its a shame that chips from these 4 major companies dont have images edged onto the lid or packaging... just numbers and letters... :rolleyes:

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Athlon 650MHz

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Originally Posted by SMTB1963

that Mr. T one looks familiar...

found some micrographs of various chips on the EVGA SR-2 and came across this:

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I see what you did there... :D :ROTF: :up:

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Originally Posted by Caparroz

I see what you did there... :D :ROTF: :up:

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I was wondering when/if anyone would catch my little attempt at humor...:stick:

Saw the Mr. T image, and thought "...ya know, if Mr. T were to lose the mohawk and don some glasses..." :wasntme:

I probably shouldn't be posting stuff like that since I'm new around here - might get banned after only a few posts! :hammer: