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For some reason the combination of 160K and my Mitutoyo 100x/0.90 objective means that as the last bits of ILD begin to etch away, substrate features become *less* visible.
I expected to see strong contrast at edges of substrate features when the ILD was etched away despite poly, STI trenches, and diffusion areas all being the same material (silicon).
But that's not what I'm seeing.
Going back to my archives, though, most of my good full die 100x shots are with the …

The Financial Times launches its free newsletter FT Alphaville on Substack to reach younger readers, joining Reach, the Daily Mail, and other publishers (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/f…

Financial Times launches first Substack newsletter to target younger readers
The Financial Times joins titles including the Daily Mail in joining Substack, launching a free weekly newsletter on markets and finance.

An in-depth look at a recent research paper that offered a roadmap to the viability of 3D HBM-on-GPU integration for improved AI performance and utilization (More Than Moore)
https://morethanmoore.substack.com/p/solving-the-problems-of-hbm-on-logic
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Solving The Problems of HBM-on-Logic
Future AI Accelerators Might Need To Be Slower To Be Faster

Polariserande drink. Jag tyckte att den var jättegod. Min fru att den smakade söt tandkräm. Saffran, rosor, mynta. Gott! #drinkklubben

Dispatch from the occupation.
What life is like in Minneapolis now.
#minneapolis

Dispatch from the occupation
What life is like in Minneapolis now

The alleged 'sweeping betrayal of trust' that rocked Zions bank and spooked Wall Street
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/18/the-alleged-sweeping-betrayal-of-trust-that-rocked-zions-bank-and-spooked-wall-street.html

from my link log —
6 years after too much crypto.
https://bfswa.substack.com/p/6-years-after-too-much-crypto
saved 2025-11-18 https://

6 years after too much crypto
Test of time passed

Cassidy pitches his alternative to extending extra ACA subsidies (John Wilkerson/STAT)
https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/17/aca-insurance-subsidies-senator-cassidy-hsa-alternative/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251117/p134#a251117p134

Q&A with SiFive co-founder Krste Asanović, who was part of the original team that developed RISC-V, on creating a company that builds IP around RISC-V, and more (Dr. Ian Cutress/More Than Moore)
https://morethanmoore.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-dr-krste-asan…

An Interview with Dr. Krste Asanović
Putting the Drive into RISC-V

House Republicans pass health care plan without re-upping insurance subsidies (Benjamin Guggenheim/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/12/17/congress/house-republicans-obamacare-subsidies-00695982
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p144#a251217p144