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I met some of the brilliant people that developed this incredible packaging technology. They essentially continued to brute force their way into computing as they did with their mainframes of the 1960s, using lots of (superlative) mechanical engineering and cost is no object engineering. Engineers’ paradise. They all have one of these substrates in their offices to this day! Incredibly enough, they kept going in that direction through the early 2000 with the Z-series, I still remember scratching my head when they proudly showcased one of the newer versions of these. Visiting Poughkeepsie a few years ago was heartbreaking though, as the site is half empty and falling apart in disrepair.
Apr 1, 2021, 12:23:21 AM
Posted to Teardown of a logic chip from a vintage IBM ES/9000 mainframe