Ken Shirriff on Nostr: Why is the die photo distorted at the edges? Because I took the photo through the ...
Why is the die photo distorted at the edges? Because I took the photo through the chip's round quartz window. In the olden days before flash, you could store code in an EPROM, memory that could be erased by exposing it to strong ultraviolet light. The quartz window lets the light in. 2/7
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