[mturmon]

Agree.

It does seem like the images are real, because apparently the site is in the business of selling very high-res versions of such chips:

http://www.chipworks.com/en/technical-competitive-analysis/r...

"Die photos are available in the Chipworks Report Store at top metal and lower metal/poly"

[jgw]

Chipworks are in the business of all manner of reverse-engineering silicon. It's a pretty interesting process.

Sadly, it's one of the few semiconductor segments in which Ottawa, where I live, is still something of a leader.

And, weirdly, the owner of the company used to live in the condo below me.