Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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We talk with AMD Engineer Amit Mehra and Level1 Techs' Wendell about "deprocessed" silicon, looking inside and dissecting the CPUs to learn more about microarchitecture, the physical layout of CPUs, and structure. This is purely educational and intended to be an open discussion and interview where we learn alongside AMD's engineer about how CPUs are made and laid out. The demo is first done with an AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7995WX CPU, then with a PA-RISC 7300LC from 1995. Amit worked on both of these CPUs, with the PA-RISC chip being his first, and the Threadripper CPU being his most recent that he can publicly disclose.
Find LEVEL1 TECHS and Wendell here! youtube.com/c/level1techs
Watch our prior video with Amit here! This is an awesome story about how AMD bet the company on Zen: youtube.com/watch?v=RTA3Ls-WAcw
And check out our AMD Lab Tour with Amit and Bill: youtube.com/watch?v=7H4eg2jOvVw
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Inside AMD Threadripper Silicon
02:06 - Chip Layout
05:05 - What Amit Made
11:15 - Amit's Bug Hunting
13:05 - 1995 PA RISC 7300LC CPU
15:33 - Challenges
17:11 - Radiated Lead Problems
21:22 - Easter Eggs Inside the CPU Silicon
26:04 - What Still Applies Today
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Steve Burke: Host
Vitalii Makhnovets: Camera, Editing
Mike Gaglione: Editing
Guest: Amit Mehra of AMD
Guest: Wendell at Level1 Techs
Sponsor: Montech HS01 Pro on Amazon geni.us/UYLeZn and HS02 Pro geni.us/ABM9fEB
We talk with AMD Engineer Amit Mehra and Level1 Techs' Wendell about "deprocessed" silicon, looking inside and dissecting the CPUs to learn more about microarchitecture, the physical layout of CPUs, and structure. This is purely educational and intended to be an open discussion and interview where we learn alongside AMD's engineer about how CPUs are made and laid out. The demo is first done with an AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7995WX CPU, then with a PA-RISC 7300LC from 1995. Amit worked on both of these CPUs, with the PA-RISC chip being his first, and the Threadripper CPU being his most recent that he can publicly disclose.
Find LEVEL1 TECHS and Wendell here! youtube.com/c/level1techs
Watch our prior video with Amit here! This is an awesome story about how AMD bet the company on Zen: youtube.com/watch?v=RTA3Ls-WAcw
And check out our AMD Lab Tour with Amit and Bill: youtube.com/watch?v=7H4eg2jOvVw
The best way to support our work is through our store: store.gamersnexus.net
Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: patreon.com/gamersnexus
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Inside AMD Threadripper Silicon
02:06 - Chip Layout
05:05 - What Amit Made
11:15 - Amit's Bug Hunting
13:05 - 1995 PA RISC 7300LC CPU
15:33 - Challenges
17:11 - Radiated Lead Problems
21:22 - Easter Eggs Inside the CPU Silicon
26:04 - What Still Applies Today
** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! **
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Steve Burke: Host
Vitalii Makhnovets: Camera, Editing
Mike Gaglione: Editing
Guest: Amit Mehra of AMD
Guest: Wendell at Level1 Techs
