I really love these updates. I really appreciate your articles and they've made me go into a deep dive into the history of microchips and IC design in general.
How did you get into this in the first place? From your blog I gather that you used to be in software (or still are).
How did I get into this? It started when I saw the simulation of the 6502 processor from the Visual6502 team [1]. It was very cool, but totally mysterious. I realized that even though I was a programmer and understood the "full stack", I had no idea how a processor chip actually worked. (I'd taken computer architecture courses but there's still a big jump to physical transistors on a chip.)
I started looking at the 6502's circuits and one thing led to another and here I am today, reverse-engineering obscure chips with a microscope :-)
How did you get into this in the first place? From your blog I gather that you used to be in software (or still are).