CPU collector stitches 216 micrographs to create high resolution die shot of the legendary i8008 — Intel’s 54-year-old milestone 8-bit CPU seen like never before

A CPU collector has shared some fantastically detailed new images of the landmark Intel 8008 processor. CPU Duke seriously indulged their CPU microscopy hobby over recent days, creating a detailed die-shot of an i8008 by carefully aligning and stitching 216 individual micrographs.

In a thread, CPU Duke explains that the chip under close scrutiny was kindly donated by a computer museum called the ENTER Technikwelt in Solothurn, Switzerland. The donation apparently came with a request that CPU Duke create…