May 22, 2014
KR580VM80A - getting ready for reverse engineering : weekend die-shot
We decided to take a closer look at the most popular soviet processor KR580VM80A (first shoot), so that group of enthusiasts (russian only) would be able to recover schematic from it's layout.A bit more dirt, but less overetch:
Dark field - metal is clearly visible:
Polarized light - metal and vias are visible:
After metallization etch.