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Reading Silicon: How to Reverse Engineer Integrated Circuits

HACKADAY · talk · Watch on YouTube

Semiconductors & chip manufacturingSecurity & hackingElectronics & circuit design

What it is

Ken Shirriff walks through how to reverse engineer integrated circuits from die photos, using famous chips as examples, in a Hackaday SuperConference talk.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a clear account of the craft of reading chips from photographs.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “watch Ken Shirriff's 2016 Hackaday talk”

    Talk on reverse engineering chip circuits

    espeed, 2019-07 · Recommendation · in “Jeff Hawkins: Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence [video]”

  2. “The craft is explained nicely in this video”

    Explains the craft of reverse engineering chips from die shots

    gnunez, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “Siliconpr0n: High Resolution Chip Maps”

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Topics: integrated circuits, decapping, die photos, reverse engineering, ken shirriff

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