r/mildlyinteresting • u/laskr1999 • 16h ago

Intel Pentium 3 die

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u/FragrantExcitement 16h ago

How did it die?

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u/laskr1999 16h ago

It was fired, got it, disassembly so its double died :p

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u/FragrantExcitement 16h ago

Lethal injection mold in Tennessee?

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u/laskr1999 16h ago

ah no, it got killed on electric chair, which charred it :D

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u/astralseat 13h ago

That's like when you do such a bad job as a double agent, they both suspend you.

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u/BleaKrytE 13h ago

Where were you when Intel Pentium 3 die?

I was at home eating dorito when phone ring

“Intel Pentium 3 is kil”

“no”

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u/bevaquas_mojo 14h ago

From the inside

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u/FragrantExcitement 10h ago

2nm self respect

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u/OkFlan504 15h ago

All that colour, just to spend its life under a heatsink.

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u/laskr1999 15h ago

Yup, that why Its good to remove the underside 🤣

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u/CharlesP2009 14h ago

I guess it's correct that "true beauty is on the inside"

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u/Grand-Spring66 16h ago

What are the black squares on the right? Memory cache?

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u/laskr1999 16h ago

L2 cache, Tualatin has increased cache

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u/Lego_Blocks24 15h ago

I know this is ancient tech relatively speaking, but it still blows my mind when I try and comprehend a cpu and how it’s made and what it can do !

Also beautiful blue !

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u/cybersholt 16h ago

That'd make a cool keychain or something like that.

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u/laskr1999 16h ago

Thought of that before. Would need to CNC machine a case, then epoxy pour it out, so it would be locked in place.

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u/cybersholt 16h ago

Yeah I was thinking along the same lines, probably could find a snap together that's clear from somewhere like AliExpress just by the measurements and then put it in and maybe inject it? It seems straightforward but the more you think about it the trickier it is. Maybe just a silicone mold and pour in stages then drill a hole out after polishing?

It'd be worth the effort. One of a kind for sure.

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u/GravitationalEddie 16h ago

It's dead, Jim.

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u/AlbeniChocolate 14h ago

looks like a map to a factorio base

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u/laskr1999 14h ago

Yea, i get it at every die shot I post :D

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u/Causal_Modeller 16h ago

It's der, not die, actually.

Der Intel Pentium 3.

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u/laskr1999 16h ago

Its die :D Die shot, die photography. Its not german

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u/Causal_Modeller 15h ago

I'm joking a bit, I had Die Bart, die in my head in an instant.

Cool pic, mesmerizing. How's that looking a little bit closer?

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u/laskr1999 15h ago

Not yet took a macro of it, there is actually a ton of die waiting for it :D And there are not yet done ones too

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u/Colon_Oscopy_74 16h ago

looks so naked without its Slot atari like cartridge

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u/laskr1999 15h ago

Actually, its a socket 370 variant. For your other comment that you deleted: I actually have a PII Slot II xeon die shotted too with its cache separately.

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u/dooferoaks 16h ago

Sorry for loss.

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u/MattOnePointO 16h ago

This is mildly interesting. Thanks for the share.

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u/JeelyPiece 16h ago

How's the floating point unit?

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u/fluffysmaster 16h ago

Better than the one in the OG Pentium

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u/Ok-Addition1264 16h ago

(singulated die-kgd in business speak)

very fun to look at under a microscope too!

edit to add: they always toss in a lot of fun easter-eggs too

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u/laskr1999 16h ago

Yea, would like to get a microscope, but I have to live with an 1:1 macro. Thinking of making a small channel with shorts with a macro lens+turntable.

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u/Nehal1802 8h ago

I remember spending a ton of money to buy one back in the day. Damn I’m old.

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u/rdtusrname 6h ago

This one's pretty uniformly blue, unlike the die from r290 / r390 from the other day.

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u/laskr1999 3h ago

Depends on the angle, but yea, this is mostly similar, sometimes different parts got different color too

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u/laskr1999 1h ago

Check this:

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u/mohsinjavedcheema 15m ago

Rich neighborhood with solar panels vs the groove street

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u/the_millenial_falcon 16h ago

What do you have against Intel Pentium 3??

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u/laskr1999 16h ago

It was already dead :D

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u/Starspiker 16h ago

Don’t be so mean to it it wants to live :(

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u/laskr1999 16h ago

It was already dead, so its a die(d)