Delidded Intel I9-14900KS CT Scan(lttlabs.com) |
Delidded Intel I9-14900KS CT Scan(lttlabs.com) |
I appreciate you see the effort put into these by not just me but whole team here, I'll have to see if there is a way to get un-muted since these aren't low effort or 'spam-y' self-promotion posts in my opinion.
But now I think about it, the metal layers (especially traces carrying power) are probably think enough, and different enough to show up. And even just power distribution is enough for the shape of the cores to be visible.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Intel_Core_i9-13900K...
For CT scans, which use X-rays, the visible structure is very likely due to the metallic (copper) interconnect, clock- and power-delivery layers, which are generally quite different from the underlying transistors.
These layers are larger-scale, and copper also absorbs X-rays much more strongly than silicon.
https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=LabsLucas
> Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.
