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The juicy part starts at min 1.10:

4:22 Backside probing ! He He He

andrewjoy wrote: 4:22 Backside probing ! He He He

All of us turn to 13 yearolds when we hear the word probing

Another example

To me, NVIDIA's emulation facilities are rather more interesting. Testing chips mechanically is one thing. Testing chips logically, and simulating a chip that isn't even made yet, is something entirely different.

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2011/05/1 ... ation-lab/

XMIT wrote: To me, NVIDIA's emulation facilities are rather more interesting. Testing chips mechanically is one thing. Testing chips logically, and simulating a chip that isn't even made yet, is something entirely different.

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2011/05/1 ... ation-lab/

It actually is the best way to simulate a new design. But simulating a chip with 8 billion or more transistors is really remarkable. No wonder those machines are so big and cost so much.
This giant I/O plug is fascinating



Anyway, some level of emulation is necessary when designing new electronics parts, especially very complex ones.