We destroyed the Intel Itanium - My most beautiful Die-Shots ever!

[@der8auer]

Find high res and unedited images of the die here: drive.google.com/file/d/13jPpaKhUDrsYgfh8-vl17YB2UE7IExR1/view?usp=sharing

[@thegamer298]

Thank you so much Roman. Looks incredible

[@alessandrozanardi4393]

Thanks! Your videos are very informative... Can you please make a review of the Arctic Liquid Freezer II (240 or 360)? And also, do you think 1.39V is fine for a 9700K at 5.1GHz?

[@leandrodrace]

Thanks for the best wallpaper set ever!

[@koustavpaul.]

Thanks for the shot I like it very much

[@call_me_stan5887]

I just downloaded the set - oh man! This is incredible!

[@aetch77]

"What are you cooking honey?" "Chips" "Make some for me"

[@samfedorka5629]

2:28 "this should be an inductor" That's a fuse made by littelfuse, it says 160 mA on it, I think the "A" got damaged in the heating which is why it looks like an "H." There are 7 other fuses on the other side! The chips are an Analog Devices ADM1021ARQ temperature sensor (sold by OnSemi since 2007) and two Atmel 24C01A 1k serial eeproms.

[@Kholaslittlespot1]

AdmiralSpeedy I did wonder when he said Mh

[@Featinwe]

Roman, this is totally fascinating... imagine that "someone" had to design all this!!! I always find this mind bending... thanks for your effort!!

[@davidhazel36]

Who? doesn't appear to be designed by anyone.

[@derpinbird1180]

The process is semi automated. These days there are even languages, like software languages which can be used to build blueprints for processors

[@stephenvillagonzalo9967]

this look like mckinley which was designed in the 90's.

[@rich1051414]

There is a lot of repetition. It's not like a person lays out each individual transistor. That would take years.

[@YouArentValid]

@@aphenioxPDWtechnology Very cool, not too often that you hear from chip designers!

[@mxthunder2]

Awesome. Would be cool to see this with an older Nvidia GPU, something with a large die like a GTX280 or 480/580.

[@StaticVapour590]

I have GTX 760 BGA chip (GK104-225-A2) lying around, also Pentium M 735 CPU. Maybe i should send them

[@MiniMartimus]

@@StaticVapour590 i have knackerd GTX Titan V im tempted to do this on as im curious what that would look like

[@ThePortuguesePlayer]

Got a GeForce4 MX440, a GT210, a HD4760, a HD 5850 and a few single core Pentium 4, both Northwood and Prescott... Two Canon DIGIC 2 processors too... And I also got a 6 times macro lens... This guy gave me unhealthy ideas.

[@itzzjok3rzz208]

Martin Hucknall yeah man id send it to him haha

[@Kholaslittlespot1]

I have a spare gtx285 and two 8800GTX sitting somewhere! (Also a lot of other newer stuff but that's better off recycled and re-used)

[@TheDestoyer24]

Reminds me when I decided to pull apart my Core 2 Duo; and the indium tin pulled the silicon apart revealing so many different colored layers- also the dreaded pain of getting a piece of silicon into your finger is something you never want to experience. Fiber glass x10

[@davepctech1559]

4:13 I imagine Roman shouting "Marry ! Abendessen ist fertig !"

[@JMUDoc]

Me - "thumbnail is 100% clickbait!" 4:39 Me - "... alright then."

[@javitronix014]

1:18 Yo, we designed this brand new heater and we need a good name for it, how should we name it?

[@fabiotiburzi]

Derheater

[@h4z11s4]

der8heater

[@SianaGearz]

@@h4z11s4 not derh8r

[@newroo]

Fermi

[@fleurdewin7958]

Flaming Marry

[@WouterVerbruggen]

An absolutely beautiful product of light refraction, reflection and interference due to the microstructures! Try playing around with a polarization filter on the camera as well, and with different colour light sources

[@SinisterPuppy]

That intro is the laugh I needed this morning. Thanks for sharing this awesome content and stinking your office up with toxic fumes for us. I know that electronics smoke smell all to well; and seeing that cpu heat up made me cringe.

[@der8auer]

😂😂thanks

[@jra]

It's really interesting and blow my mind how the distributions of all elements in the cpu's or other dyes remembers a city building distribution.... Love them

[@amd64online]

Tron

[@jra]

@@amd64online Yes indeed!!

[@RamtheCowy]

I was thinking the same!

[@thijsvdzwan]

I never knew that this was a thing and it looks amazing!

[@UNVIRUSLETALE]

This is really beautiful, might use those pics as wallpapers

[@tilen3266]

I did

[@mentals555]

that is very lame. go to the gym

[@zepplinc20]

@@mentals555 LOL, wut?

[@mr.x3933]

@@mentals555 i have been going to the gym, and i still like the die shots. what did i do wrong?

[@Kholaslittlespot1]

Mr. X -yeah it makes me laugh when people comment something like that when they're already watching Der8auer xD

[@rocnroll1715]

Thanks for the work on the chips Roman....the pictures turned out great!!!!!

[@madcatattack1]

So beautiful. At ~13:00 I had the biggest smile on my face :D Thank you so much for sharing. The video and the photos!

[@YILDIZGEZEN]

Incredibly beautiful shots. Your music choice is also ethereal.

[@phil1579]

Massive thumbs up for these epic shots! Amazing how everyone under estimates how complex the components we use are.

[@dieseldiesel9292]

Wow! Beautiful! Amazing how all those little bits work together in what looks like a thin piece of glass.

[@neoxela00]

Absolutely amazing mate, thank you for taking the time to do this for us!

[@hallristinger]

Thanks Roman for sharing the photos, they are gorgeous

[@gubercc411]

Wow! That looks really cool! All those crazy looking things are just transistors and wires basically, but on a crazy small scale. It is really hard to picture what is actually going on in CPU's because of that scale. And I don't know how the sense of complexity you get from the pictures is even close to the actual complexity of this die. Really interesting and amazing stuff! Great content!

[@HardProduct]

Unreal how small the different parts of the die are and this is "ancient technology"... just WOW! Thank you for your time and effort this is your best video:)

[@lemagreengreen]

I will never not be fascinated with die shots, such complexity - beautiful! they should be more appreciated as art Thank you for the pictures, they're great

[@AlexandruDoarme]

I need one wallpaper with this :D Edit: thanks, check pinned post.

[@capability-snob]

Intel released some sweet glamour die shots of the Tukwila that are easy to find 🤓

[@chandans9846]

Those are some beautiful shots... Really love and appreciate this short video for us... Thanks for taking the time to do this and sharing it with us @der8auer 💙

[@CAfakmykak]

For the first time in like a year, I've finally gotten a notification from an English video.

[@der8auer]

whaaaaaat. How did that happen

[@CAfakmykak]

Got both German and English notifications this time. What a surprise.

[@FakeMichau]

I think you only get the first notification if two videos are posted in short succession. And because german videos are usually first to be posted (even if that's only by few seconds) you only get that notification.

[@rcaguitars]

I did wonder why I always get the DE link, I just click the channel and find the EN version

[@fire_silicon7803]

A tip for future etching: If possible try to put the dies on top of the choride so they float on the liquid (also make sure there are no air bubbles underneath the die by shaking it a little). This way the process is much faster (about 60 um per hour from experience) because the gravity starts to rip off the larger copper pieces when they are not held by the die anymore. Anyways great video and the dies are beautiful :)

[@SpikeViper]

Damn that's awesome!

[@griest5493]

Those close-ups are absolutely breathtaking.

[@MichalKobuszewski]

Usually the Iron III Chloride etches the copper away very quickly. Yet those chips seem to use Cu-NiPdAu finish - copper tracks are covered with nickel, then palladium, then gold. Gold protects the metal from the etchant and the chloride can only attack it from the sides, this is probably why it takes ages.

[@fist003]

wow, so many to comment on this video. 1. thank you for having the same funny intro in both videos. 2. very interesting heater brand 3. the video with the most t-shirt change 4. beautiful, beautiful shot of the die. made all those hours put into it and along with the new lens worth it. can make a wallpaper/poster or tshirt from it

[@andresm5087]

Exclent JOB, this is the first time for me to look inside a procesor!!! AMAZING

[@williamhart4896]

That's some beautiful shots thank you sir and have a great day

[@follow_rallo2009]

That looks very cool! Thanks for taking the time. 👍

[@andresrojas9883]

You need to activate the Iron cloride with distiled water to work properly, just a few mililiters if not it will preform poorly. Regards!

[@adamo1139]

I had no idea it's possible to undo the process of packaging those dies. It looks amazing!

[@peterzeboroff7448]

Those are very beautiful die shots, excellent job

[@pyromanci2736]

Can i recommend a frying pan fill play/beach sand in the future to more evenly distribute the heat and to avoid burning the fiberglass pcb.

[@maxwelzig]

I have no idea what I'm looking at buy they look sick!!! Great video!

[@3800S1]

Reminds me a lot of bare dies in 486's when you "delid" them. I had a few I popped the lid off when I was a kid and under the microscope they looked amazing, like multi coloured cities.

[@MrMastadox]

It is amazing what people can design . And this is old. The complexity of chips is amazing. imagine having to design this. Mindblowing.

[@ignitionnight]

Came here because of LTT's delidding video referred me to you. 0:04 whoah that's not the voice I expected... 0:07 oh okay there we go. Fastest mental roller coaster I've ever been on.

[@ericf8219]

Amazing shots! Keep on showing us the wonders of computer technology.

[@lastfirst5863]

I am going to repeat this at home. It seems like a great idea. Der8auer said so.

[@ixxeon]

Awesome , will be my new wallpaper once google drive recovers, too many downloads message right now..

[@DKMarik]

Amazing as usual! And indeed if you have time, more die shoots like this one would be really awesome!

[@insoYT]

Ooh, amazing! Could you maybe try to find someone who could analyze these and have them as a guest? It would be sick! Also a better microscope view would be awesome too.

[@Fix_It_Again_Tony]

It turned out very nice. What about going straight to the glass etching paste? I think it and the ferric chloride are both acidic, but the glass etching paste being stronger.

[@hyakinthos_0902]

I have almost done the same thing with my 4850 ATI lol it that die does oxidise over time if you are preserving consider vaccuming or put it in a inert atmosphere

[@TheBackyardChemist]

If you need a much more powerful etchant, you can very easily make one, by dissolving any nitrate salt (ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate) in 20% hydrochloric acid. It can etch copper at very high speeds if it is warm. The reaction is quite temperature sensitive, it is very slow if cooled down too much, but proceeds at rocket speeds if the mixture is hot. The reaction also produces nitric oxide, which is hazardous, but if you are only etching dies, the amount of copper removed is probably well under a gram, so it should be safe. The mixture may be able to etch gold and other noble metals if hot, but I am not 100% sure about that.

[@Ting3624]

That's beautiful! Nice footage thanks for sharing!

[@chaadlosan]

Love your dedication. Beautiful shots.

[@mafcarvalho]

I already thanked der8auer for the wonderful shots. Great work! Now I would like to challenge him to make the same with a 7nm Ryzen CPU. That should be a blast!

[@chrismisc7856]

Other than a plastic bag floating around in the wind, this is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

[@SpookyBoson]

omigod this may be the only die shots that Ive ever seen but its the most beautiful ever OMFG

[@docolemnsx]

"How shall we name this heater?" "Just "Heater" " " "Just Heater" it is!"

[@Julepalme]

Here is a similar old die shot, that matches very well on the layout and has the various areas of the die explained, if anyone else was curious like me. cpudb.stanford.edu/processors/420

[@Speedy.V]

You've overdone yourself. Very good job. Thanks for your hard work.

[@alexjay8257]

Wow, so great looking! Also great music choice.

[@KanekiBhaiya]

I like how he said "just heating" up the entire thing and in the next cut it's "just heater" xD

[@karnetiot2160]

looks like city from the air!

[@richardneumann3939]

If you manage to find a good infra-red microscope, you should be able to see that through the Silicon from the backside. (Maybe you need to polish the silicon, but you don’t need to touch the frontside of the chip.) Of course, you won’t get the nice rainbow colors. But you will be able to see the different blocks of the chip.

[@wzk921109]

Oh boy, now I want to buy a bunch of old CPUs in different gens already done like this for display.

[@Joma1890]

Damn the glass etching really makes a big difference. Looks insane

[@SWEJmeister]

It's always mesmerizing seeing dies in close up.

[@Delistd]

Freaking fantastic. Totally worth it!!!

[@GabbyTech]

that is something you dont see everday for sure very unique footage

[@pvloff-l9n]

I stopped breathing at 11:02 Breathtaking beauty 💜 Thank you Roman ❤️

[@Jay-sr8ge]

Maybe in a future follow up video if you can find any information, you can highlight what each part does. Super interesting

[@wyzzard357]

Stunning pictures! RESPECT!

[@punpck]

10:30 eisen-iii-chlorid funktioniert besser, wenn man wärme zuführt :) das ultraschalldingens ist ein netter trick. 13:00 sehr geiles ergebnis! gratulation!

[@graffiti73]

Man, you found "TRON City" Awesome work, to think something so small could do so much

[@PerantiX1]

“The Grid”

[@proxy1035]

14:06 isn't that kinda the point of looking at the Die? so people are able to reverse engineer the different parts of it?

[@Rowynn71]

In my experience with 3D printing, glass isn't as flat as people think it is. If you want really good even sanding on the dies, buy a granite surface plate. Even a cheaper one for shop use will be many times flatter than a piece of float glass.

[@jojolafrite90]

Love the cat casually checking what's going on.

[@miftahyf2811]

Submerge it into a clear resin. After it is cured, stick a small convex lens (from an old camera lens) on it. Congrats you have made a cool key chain 👍🏻

[@AjdamusMagnus]

Very interesting. Thx for that. Do you use some kind of airscrubber? I can imagine that everything "puffing" from those PCBs will be toxic.. or perhaps even carcinogenic (heavy metals etc).. so some kind of airscubber would be nice for you. Or do it at window.

[@BitterCynical]

Well this kind of RGB certainly has more aesthetic appeal than the rainbow puke LED fad.

[@Irishhellion420]

Incredible views thank you for sharing

[@qiyang1247]

Astonishing Beautiful Chip

[@lukaay]

Kannst du ein Video zum übertakten der neuen Intel Generation machen? Am besten auf einen Asus Board. Danke

[@Kenjic]

I was literally trying to figure this out last week, I even took some older pentium CPU apart. Was trying to figure out the glue and cleaning up, etc. Thank you for the great video. Much more dangerous than I thought haha.

[@jj74qformerlyjailbreak3]

I’ve looked up lots of Itanium Chips. The Two I Have Are huge with a heat spreader. I want to de-Lid one 8Cores And 24m Cache.

[@beloit9115]

It's easy to forget sometimes the truly mind boggling things that happen inside the devices we use every day.

[@riazpatel5296]

Vielen Dank für alles

[@flushroyal970]

Derbauer hits us with Vouge challange video... Damn thats great video...

[@jazix01]

Damn those shots are gorgeous. New wallpaper for sure.

[@CreativeComander]

With 11:22 reflections you can make nice photos of it

[@GainingDespair]

Are the silicon dies naturally blue or have they been overheated on the past? Silicon is known for turning blue from heat damage and I'm genuinely curious as to which one is the reason.

[@tigersaman]

Your taste in music is as beautiful as the die-shots! please tell me what is the name of music.

[@kaloyan.doychinov]

Thanks for the new gorgeous wallpapers

[@873Project]

Please do the same with a large modern die - this looks insane

[@surpriseblueviana3803]

The away technoliges evolve are amazing!

[@D.u.d.e.r]

Looks incredible!👍

[@VasiliyMAK]

11:04 music name please?

[@Gamma052]

in for the answer as well

[@user-qi9be4lv7l]

Very very cool dude... Love seeing this.

[@TheDeathskull37]

Next time, try using a solvent like acetone to get rid of that adhesive instead of grinding it off, then etch it.

[@Umovni]

Fascinating. Awesome. Unique. Beautiful. I've seen those on internet of course like many of us did. But damn... That's very nice. Btw... What's the music song which is overlayed toward the end of the video? Heard it many times on you channel tho...

[@janschafer8173]

Warum leuchtet das denn so ? Was ist das für ein Material ?