Cyrix Integrated Circuits

486DX2 Microprocessor

486DX2 Microprocessor

A wide spectrum of minute circuit details are evident in the digital image featured above, which is a differential interference contrast (DIC) reflected light optical micrograph revealing the surface features on a Cyrix 486DX2 microprocessor. Busses, registers, and memory cache units were highlighted with oblique illumination through red filters positioned perpendicular to the chip axes.

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