1800tbred. whats on the core?

SpaceRangerJoe

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• Jan 15, 2003

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i got my 1800 tbred in yesterday, and i was looking at it, and there a little mark on the corner of the core. anyone know what it is? have i just never noticed it on other chips?

http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/1102/DSCN0914 (Medium).JPG

you can see more detail on the core here.

http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/1102/DSCN0913 (Medium).JPG

 

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cmcquistion

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• Jan 15, 2003

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I dunno what it is, but AMD is putting on all the T-bred cores, now. I think it's a tiny ID tag of some sort, maybe it's something their machines use to read the name of the core during manufacturing.

 

Ghost68

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• Jan 15, 2003

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its a barcode... its on all amd processors since the athlon processor...

 

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cmcquistion

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• Jan 15, 2003

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Yep, you're right. I never noticed it before the T-breds, but here it is on my Palomino, too.