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Tech teardown specialist delids a Xeon with a blowtorch and hunting knife — wood chopping block makes a worthy…

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(Image credit: Getty Images) A tech channel that uses rather unconventional means to delid CPUs and expose the underlying silicon has caused a blip on our radar. In the episode below, you can witness the Hackinator delid an Intel Xeon Silver 4110 processor, remove the die, and etch away what remains to expose the beautiful shimmering silicon patterns. We’ve seen similar dies before, but the Hackinator’s special sauce is going through this process in a devil-may-care manner with tools like a butcher knife and a blowtorch. Inside a CPU: Full Teardown of Intel Xeon Processor - YouTube Watch On Now the torture begins, with a hot air soldering gun brought into frame, held on a tripod. This will have eased the solder/glue bond that keeps the integrated heat spreader (IHS) in place. Now we see why the Hackinator is called the Hackinator, as they get busy with a Gerber hunting knife and a flat-edged screwdriver. The prying is pretty rough, as this isn’t a delid done for direct die cooling.…

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