# bunnie's blog bunnie's blog This is one page of public article previews, not the complete archive. Follow Next page to continue. Summaries are not the original full articles. ## Name that Ware, August 2026 DevFeed: [Name that Ware, August 2026]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: bunnie Published: 2026-08-30T06:29:56Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [bunnie's blog]() Topics: [circuit]() Tags: [2026](), [circuit](), [name-that-ware]() ### AI overview The August 2026 "Name that Ware" entry identifies the featured object as an integrated circuit from a different era than the previous month's item. ### Source excerpt The Ware for August 2026 is shown below. Technically, this is an integrated circuit - just from a very different era than last month's ware! ## Winner: Identifying a Bandgap Voltage Reference Circuit in a Chip Micrograph DevFeed: [Winner: Identifying a Bandgap Voltage Reference Circuit in a Chip Micrograph]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: bunnie Published: 2026-08-30T06:27:57Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [bunnie's blog]() Topics: [circuit](), [standard]() Tags: [2026](), [baochip](), [circuit](), [name-that-ware](), [process]() ### AI overview The article identifies the featured chip structure as a bandgap voltage reference built around paired NPN transistors. It explains how the circuit maintains a near-constant voltage and why dummy transistors surround the active devices. ### Source excerpt The structure in question for last month's ware are a pair of NPN transistors that form the core of a bandgap voltage reference circuit. As its name implies, a bandgap voltage reference generates a near-constant voltage for use inside chips. The voltage is intended to be fairly constant over process variations, temperature variations, and power [...] ## Name that Ware, July 2026 DevFeed: [Name that Ware, July 2026]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: bunnie Published: 2026-07-30T14:52:35Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [bunnie's blog]() Topics: [SOC](), [structure]() Tags: [2026](), [image](), [name-that-ware](), [soc](), [structure]() ### AI overview A July 2026 "Name that Ware" puzzle asks readers to identify a conserved design pattern in the lower-left area of a die-shot excerpt from an SoC and explain why the structures are organized that way. The document does not provide the answer. ### Source excerpt The Ware for July 2026 is shown below. I've got silicon on the brain, so I'm going to give a die shot another go at name that ware. Hopefully this one is a bit easier than the last one. This excerpt is a design pattern I look for and find on almost every SoC. It's [...] ## Winner, Name that Ware June 2026 DevFeed: [Winner, Name that Ware June 2026]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: bunnie Published: 2026-07-30T14:51:53Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [bunnie's blog]() Topics: [Graphics](), [Server](), [Nvidia]() Tags: [2026](), [graphics](), [moore-s-law](), [name-that-ware](), [nvidia]() ### AI overview The June 2026 Name that Ware feature identifies an SGI RM6-64 raster manager from a KONA/InfiniteReality graphics system. It recalls SGI's role in graphics hardware and reflects on the shift from board-level systems to integrated graphics and large rack servers. ### Source excerpt The Ware for June 2026 is an SGI RM6-64 raster manager, from a KONA/InfiniteReality graphics system. Congrats to Christian for naming it! email me for your prize. This gem of a board was gifted to me by someone at SGI back when I worked there in...I want to say 1998? I even still have the [...]