Extracting ROM constants from the 8087 math coprocessor's die

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Very nice! I suppose the various exponents are encoded in unstructured logic gates. Worthwhile clicking through to his previous piece on the 4-bits-per-transistor multilevel ROM elsewhere on the chip.

Also perhaps of related interest this previous thread:
William Kahan on the design of the 8087 FPU

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