486 Dies Under the Microscope: AMD and Intel @bitsundbolts
486 Dies Under the Microscope: AMD and Intel  @bitsundbolts
Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I got some broken 486 CPUs and thought it would be interesting to have a closer look at the dies. One is an Intel 486 DX2-66 and the other one is from AMD, a DX4-120. Let's have a look at the chips under the microscope!

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00:00 The CPUs
03:19 Delidding
04:30 Intel DX2-66
11:25 AMD DX4-120
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