Sun Microsystems Integrated Circuits
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Complete Die Photomicrographs
UltraSPARC
Small Die (73k) | Medium Die (147k) | Large Die (209k)
High Magnification Images
UltraSPARC (67K) - Partial die shot of the Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC microprocessor showing the center of the chip with bus connections and Sun logo using oblique illumination with red and yellow gels.
UltraSPARC (45K) - Partial die shot of the Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC microprocessor showing the edge of the chip with the Sun logo in the center of the picture using oblique illumination with red, yellow, and blue gels.
UltraSPARC (59K) - Partial die shot of the Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC microprocessor showing the bus connections in the center of the chip using oblique illumination with red and yellow gels.
UltraSPARC (65K) - Partial die shot of the Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC microprocessor showing the Sun logo and Copyright 1994 tag using oblique illumination with blue, red, and yellow gels.
UltraSPARC (67K) - Partial die shot of the Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC microprocessor showing bus connections in the center of the chip using oblique illumination with red, blue, and yellow gels.
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