asciilifeform: almost certainly cheapest and most practical is to have it made , yourself, at, say, 'gold phoenix' plant.
asciilifeform: gizmolearner: theoretically you can attach probe to any (but the latest, crippled) amd cpu using a 'socket interposer' that sandwiches under the chip. but as to where to get it -- no one seems to know.☟︎
asciilifeform: in related lulz, https://archive.is/BSxkv >> 'At least 30 active-duty service members could face punishment as a result of the “Marines United” nude photo scandal that rocked the U.S. armed forces in early March, a Corps spokesman announced Friday.'
asciilifeform: Ls, women in Marine infantry units and females in the field artillery (even though most cannot carry a 155mm round) are just some of the insanity...'
asciilifeform: in other lulz, https://archive.is/xTT1y >> 'Since, 1991, the US military has been slowly coming apart at the seams. Stress cards, open homosexuality, transgenders on active duty, sensitivity training, pregnancy simulators for male troopers, lactation stations in the field, babies born on US ships of war, female graduates of Ranger School, including a 37 year old mother (it’s funny how the women looked so well fed), women in the SEA
asciilifeform: can use level shifters, but bulky, expansive (incl pcb real estate) and mutilate timing.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: other tricky bit re old stock chips -- invariably 5v signals; whereas ~all currently available logic, incl ram, is 3.3v max ( and often lower )