Adit Bhargava

first-principles empiricism @uoft

[Adit Bhargava @aditbhargava12]

I reverse engineered a chip from just its layout.

@JaneStreetGroup published a GDS file with no functional names on anything. feed it the right 121 bits and it prints a string.

here's how I got to the answer.

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[Adit Bhargava @aditbhargava12]

@johnfederspiel some stuff I’ve been building: Toronto Hackerfab tube furnace: https://t.co/em37rxr8q3

wickless vapor chamber for electronic cooling: https://t.co/pykZU9Z4KB

and fdm printed vinyl records: https://t.co/yXrW3WE2Sz

[Adit Bhargava @aditbhargava12]

@r0b0t_sp1der that makes sense, I'll verify and add it to the post. thanks for your input :)

[Adit Bhargava @aditbhargava12]

thank you @kennykgguo and @krish_chhajer for pushing me to post this here

[Adit Bhargava @aditbhargava12]

I reverse engineered a chip from just its layout.

@JaneStreetGroup published a GDS file with no functional names on anything. feed it the right 121 bits and it prints a string.

here's how I got to the answer.

1/14

[Adit Bhargava @aditbhargava12]

play it: part 2 opens with the puzzle. check prints what the chip outputs for any grid.
https://t.co/V6SKeFoKZ2

part 1, the initial solution:
https://t.co/zku4Bf8aEe

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[Adit Bhargava @aditbhargava12]

@p1nosaur Reverse engineered an ASIC: https://t.co/zku4Bf8aEe, working on FDM printed “vinyl” records: https://t.co/rHCZfkW2nR