Ken ShirriffAug 7, 2023
I found a hidden name in the Intel 8088 processor. The 8088 was a derivative of the 8086 processor introduced in 1979 and best known as the processor in the IBM PC. I dissolved the chip's metal layer and found "רפי", the name in Hebrew of Rafi Retter, the chip's engineer.
Show threadTim Holmes
@kenshirriff How is it that you came across it initially? How did it catch your eye?
Aug 9, 2023 at 8:36pmWeb
Show threadKen ShirriffAug 13, 2023
@TPOHolmes I was tracing out the circuitry on the 8088 die and saw these polysilicon lines that weren't connected to anything.