Look at the die of the intel 8086 processor.

This microprocessor was introduced 42 years ago

These are also super high res images, you can analyse each component but it can take a lot of time to load.

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I miss the time when we could understand most of a microprocessor circuit

(at least the most relevant layers of knowledge, not starting from mining silicon off course...)

It’s amazing. And fundamentally the same technology we use now, just smaller, faster, and many of them.

and it took me time loading the images too, using Tor browser on mobile

Ah, this reminds me of the amazing story of Chuck Moore, Forth, Computer Cowboys, and the Intel 80186...

😁💜😆

I'll have to write that story up one of these days...😜😂