IC reverse engineering and other adventures

I now own what is possibly the worlds first combination CNC milling machine and metalurgical microscope. I've realized among things, I j...

Just wanted to say I'll be in Berlin for a few days if anybody wants to say hi. Lab is moving and I'm on the move, but I should also...

Something I've been meaning to try for some time. Somewhat arbitrarily I decided to go analog, the victims were a 741 op amp and a 555 ...

After spending the summer in Cambridge, MA and back to SF Bay area for a few weeks, I've been back to Troy, NY. What makes Troy special...

As my summer internship comes to a close, I was never able to get access to microscopes over here. If i had bugged a large number of people...

Biological, top metal (220X): Biological interconnect doesn't image well as all black. Sample for comparison (not same area): If you ar...

One of the challenges of using computer analysis is that it is highly desirable to assemble a full image of the chip, but only a small secti...