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Two bits per transistor: high-density ROM in Intel's 8087 FPU (2018) (righto.com)
5 points by Syonyk 9 months ago | past
The Intel 1405: die photos of a shift register memory from 1970 (2014) (righto.com)
2 points by redbell 10 months ago | past
The origin and unexpected evolution of the word "mainframe" (righto.com)
160 points by todsacerdoti 10 months ago | past | 44 comments
Risky line printer music on a vintage IBM mainframe (2019) (righto.com)
4 points by CharlesW 10 months ago | past
Interesting BiCMOS circuits in the Pentium, reverse-engineered (righto.com)
57 points by DamonHD 10 months ago | past | 14 comments
Reverse-engineering a carry-lookahead adder in the Pentium (righto.com)
69 points by DamonHD 10 months ago | past | 14 comments
The origin of the cargo cult metaphor (righto.com)
291 points by zdw 11 months ago | past | 678 comments
Reverse Engineering the Constants in the Pentium FPU (righto.com)
151 points by mef 11 months ago | past | 23 comments
555 timer teardown: inside the world's most popular IC (2016) (righto.com)
6 points by wizardforhire 11 months ago | past
Intel's $475M error: the silicon behind the Pentium division bug (righto.com)
378 points by gslin 11 months ago | past | 116 comments
Mining Bitcoin with Pencil and Paper (2014) (righto.com)
2 points by lispybanana on Dec 5, 2024 | past
Antenna Diodes in the Pentium Processor (righto.com)
266 points by chmaynard on Nov 23, 2024 | past | 51 comments
Apple iPhone Charger Teardown (2012) (righto.com)
1 point by tosh on Nov 11, 2024 | past
Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day (2014) (righto.com)
13 points by jakey_bakey on Oct 22, 2024 | past | 4 comments
Wealth Distribution in the United States (righto.com)
84 points by ssklash on Oct 9, 2024 | past | 120 comments
The Globus INK: a mechanical navigation computer for Soviet spaceflight (2023) (righto.com)
193 points by dangle1 on Oct 5, 2024 | past | 25 comments
Reverse-engineering a three-axis attitude indicator from the F-4 fighter plane (righto.com)
212 points by zdw on Sept 28, 2024 | past | 65 comments
Inside a Ferroelectric RAM Chip (righto.com)
141 points by chmaynard on Sept 23, 2024 | past | 74 comments
The Pentium as a Navajo Weaving (righto.com)
484 points by GavinAnderegg on Sept 1, 2024 | past | 84 comments
The guidance system and computer of the Minuteman III nuclear missile (righto.com)
272 points by magnat on Aug 19, 2024 | past | 175 comments
[dupe] Reverse-Engineering the Mechanical Bendix Central Air Data Computer (righto.com)
1 point by XnoiVeX on Aug 4, 2024 | past | 1 comment
Reverse engineering XC2064, the first FPGA (2020) (righto.com)
72 points by vinnyvichy on Aug 3, 2024 | past | 13 comments
Reverse engineering the 59-pound printer onboard the Space Shuttle (righto.com)
340 points by chmaynard on Aug 3, 2024 | past | 96 comments
"Maxwell's equations of software" examined (2008) (righto.com)
75 points by behnamoh on July 21, 2024 | past | 36 comments
Inside an IBM/Motorola mainframe controller chip from 1981 (righto.com)
131 points by todsacerdoti on July 16, 2024 | past | 92 comments
Standard cells: Looking at individual gates in the Pentium processor (righto.com)
211 points by todsacerdoti on July 7, 2024 | past | 98 comments
The tiny chip that powers Montreal subway tickets (righto.com)
930 points by todsacerdoti on June 23, 2024 | past | 508 comments
A vintage aerospace navigation computer of uncertain purpose (righto.com)
4 points by PaulHoule on June 4, 2024 | past
Inside a vintage aerospace navigation computer of uncertain purpose (righto.com)
13 points by elpocko on May 29, 2024 | past | 8 comments
Silicon reverse engineering: The 8085's undocumented flags (2013) (righto.com)
24 points by hggh on May 14, 2024 | past | 9 comments

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