[Coco] 6809 wafer on eBay

[Tim Fadden]

Not to mention Motorola sold off it's semiconductor operation long ago.  
Freescale if I remember right. Sold of their phone buisness also.  Not 
sure what they have left any more!

Tim
On 8/22/2013 9:21 AM, Mike Pepe wrote:
> I doubt any process engineer would learn anything new from a 30+ year old
> wafer. I also think Googorola has better things to do than go after people
> who possess such curiosities. I'm sure Intel/AMD/Nvidia would have a
> different take on that, though.
>
> Good info in the thread- the ink markings are particularly interesting. If I
> had it I'd probably wash them off before putting it into some sort of
> display case.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
> Behalf Of Steven Hirsch
> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 6:15 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] 6809 wafer on eBay
>
> On Wed, 21 Aug 2013, Mike Pepe wrote:
>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/MOTOROLA-MC6809-CPU-4100-SILICON-WAFER-COLLECT
>> OR-ITE
>> M-VINTAGE-SUPER-RARE-DISC-/130972238375
>>
>> Certainly I wouldn't mind having that in my collection were it not so
>> costly
> Where I work (next to one of the largest fabs in the US) removing a wafer
> from the premises merits a quick trip to the unemployment line - if not to
> court.  Doesn't matter how old it is.  There's potentially a lot of
> proprietary information to be gleaned from a bare wafer.
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