# name that ware Published articles for name that ware. 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 [...]