VLSI KoreaWorkload and traffic model
Fix precision and workload shape before comparing compute rates. Track external-memory bytes, shared-memory reuse and occupancy separately; a peak arithmetic rate is only one bound on useful throughput.
3DFX / SPECIMEN
3Dfx Voodoo 2 · SST-2 (BE)
Top-metal view of 3Dfx Voodoo 2 · SST-2 (BE), photographed by Fritzchens Fritz from Berlin. Identification follows the linked photographer's caption. This is a documented photographic specimen, not a claim that every product with this name uses identical silicon. The original page contains the preparation, microscopy and capture details.
3Dfx Voodoo 2 · SST-2 (BE) DIE PHOTOGRAPH
1280 × 1284 PX SOURCE / 100%
Fritzchens Fritz from Berlin ·CC0· Die photograph · Commons 1280-pixel photographic derivative retained; additional responsive AVIF/WebP encodings. No crop, recoloring, generative edits or added watermark.
Origin & contributions
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Fritzchens Fritz from Berlin · photographer · Included in this image
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Photographed specimen identified by its creator as 3Dfx Voodoo 2 · SST-2 (BE). Top-metal view. This image is not assigned to other SKUs or used to infer die dimensions.
Specifications
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| Process label | Published analysisWikimedia Commons · Fritzchens Fritz from Berlin Scope: physical-specimen Photographer-supplied label, not an independently verified foundry disclosure. |
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| Photographed specimen | Published analysisWikimedia Commons · Fritzchens Fritz from Berlin Scope: physical-specimen |
| Photographic view | Published analysisWikimedia Commons · Fritzchens Fritz from Berlin Scope: physical-specimen |
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ARCHITECTURE → RTL → GDS
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Start with documented specifications, then use the study prompts below. The prompts are engineering guidance, not a claim about this product’s private RTL or physical implementation.
- Process label
- Wikimedia Commons · Fritzchens Fritz from Berlin ↗
Contracts before RTL
Choose a representative producer/consumer path and specify acceptance, ordering, backpressure, outstanding capacity and reset recovery. Turn these contracts into assertions and test scenarios before optimizing the datapath.
A feasible physical plan
Obtain macro abstracts, pin maps, timing libraries and activity-based power estimates. Explore macro proximity, routing channels and power-grid reachability together. An annotated die photograph can suggest study questions, but cannot supply a netlist, PDK or signoff constraints.
Read the record in its physical scope.
Top-metal view of 3Dfx Voodoo 2 · SST-2 (BE), photographed by Fritzchens Fritz from Berlin. Identification follows the linked photographer's caption. This is a documented photographic specimen, not a claim that every product with this name uses identical silicon. The original page contains the preparation, microscopy and capture details.
This record has identification and source evidence. A deeper architectural article has not yet been written. Visible patterns alone do not establish block functions, capacity or an internal protocol.
THE VISUAL EVIDENCE
1 DOCUMENTED SOURCESVisual sources
Hosted image provenance · 1
Die photographHosted in Museum
3Dfx Voodoo 2 · SST-2 (BE) — Die photograph
Wikimedia Commons · Fritzchens Fritz from Berlin
3,232 × 3,243 pxTechnical archive / analysis
Photographed specimen identified by its creator as 3Dfx Voodoo 2 · SST-2 (BE). Top-metal view. This image is not assigned to other SKUs or used to infer die dimensions.
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- Attribution
- Fritzchens Fritz from Berlin / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
- Identity / confidence
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- Evidence reviewed
- 2026-09-06
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Source trail
3Dfx@350nm@Fixed-pipeline@SST-2 (BE)@Voodoo 2@500-0010-01 D17600.00 BE 9809 20004 Taiwan DSCx3 top-layer microscope stitched@5x (35956303345).jpg ↗ · Wikimedia Commons · Fritzchens Fritz from Berlin