A die shot is a picture of a computer chip without its housing or packaging. There are two ways to capture such a chip "naked" on a photo; by either taking the photo before a chip is packaged or by removing its package.

One common use case of an integrated circuit die is in the form of a central processing unit (CPU). Through advances in modern technology, the size of the transistor within the die has shrunk exponentially, following Moore's law. Other uses for dies can range from LED lighting to power semiconductor devices.

Nov 21, 2012 · Atmel ATmega8, an 8-bit microcontroller, made on a 500nm process node STMicroelectronics microcontroller, based on an ARM Cortex-M3 core MIFARE RFID chip die shot. For more beautiful die...

Decapping (decapsulation) or delidding of an integrated circuit (IC) is the process of removing the protective cover or integrated heat spreader (IHS) of an integrated circuit so that the contained die is revealed for visual inspection of the micro circuitry imprinted on the die.

然而，实际芯片可能小于这个尺寸，光刻机的曝光区域必须能够随之做调整。 也可以把几个不同的版图放在同一张掩模版上，这样一个曝光区域中就可以有几个不同的器件设计 (又称为“die”)，最终制备成几个不同功能的芯片，如图1所示。 这里有几个概念需要特别澄清一下： （3）每一个 cell 里有一个曝光区域，曝光区域的面积比 cell 略小一些。 每一次曝光又称为一个“shot”。

The 6820 is notable as the keyboard interface chip in the Apple I computer. The MC6820 chip with the metal lid popped off to reveal the silicon die. The next step is to take photos of the die through a microscope.

May 5, 2016 · an amazing walkthrough from Ken Shirriff on the CMOS version of the 555 timer IC. Using a die shot from Zeptobars he examines transistors, gates, ‘how resistors are implemented in silicon,’ and much, much more in the low-power version of this venerable integrated circuit.

May 3, 2017 · Have you ever wondered how you could look at a chip and map out its schematic? [Robert Baruch] wants to show you how he does it and he does in a new video (see below). The video assumes you know...

Nov 12, 2016 · I was doing some research on SMT32f μcontrollers and stumbled upon a site full of fascinating die shots. Here are a couple of my favorites: [SiT8008] ( http://zeptobars.com/en/read/SiTime-SiT8008-MEMS-oscillator-rosnano )

Nov 28, 2005 · Full die shot of the Intel i4004 microprocessor showing the complete pad with chip identifier, Intel logo, and bus connections using oblique illumination with blue, red, and yellow gels.