The Art of Failure 2012

Failure analysts show off the strange stuff they find in their microscopes

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Samuel K. Moore is IEEE Spectrum’s semiconductor editor.

Photo: Jacqueline Kwa/AMD
The Royal Elephant: Advanced Micro Devices analysts thought this transmission electron microscope image of a silicon sample looked like an elephant in a headdress preparing to usher in the king.
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