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		_xerces_ 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A CT scanner reveals surprises inside the 386 proc... How do they attach those bond wires? Seems difficult and fiddly!

YakBizzarro 4 months ago | [–]

with a bonding machine :) doing that manually can be tedious, nowadays for IC that are bonded and not flipchipped it's all automatic. Manual bonding is still very used in research.

rasz 4 months ago | [–]

friction (ultrasonic) welding

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