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Comment by flkenosad

3 months ago

How could one theoretically reverse-engineer a CPU?

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flkenosad  3 months ago

With an electron microscope possibly.

  • DougMerritt  3 months ago

    Sometimes, sometimes just optical, but in any case, there's even a guy, Ken Sherriff, who has been doing this as a hobby for ages. It's not like this is merely theoretical.

    https://www.righto.com/search/label/reverse-engineering

    • flkenosad  3 months ago

      That's cool. Thanks!

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