Die lapping was a thing when CPUs didn’t have heat spreaders on top, and the labeling was printed on top of the metal die, giving an uneven surface and a poor contact with the heatsink.

Wrap a piece of the softened 1,000-grit sandpaper around a thin, rubber sanding block if you're going to be working broad, flat surfaces. Otherwise, you can just fold the sandpaper in thirds.

Advanced Abrasives provides an extensive line of supplies needed for lapping and polishing in a variety of industries from the precision lapping of semiconductor wafers and lapping / polishing of ...

Sanding the top off the IHS exposes its copper underbelly. (Image: Jayztwocents) Jay was aided in his quest to chill a Ryzen 9 7950X by der8auer's lapping kit.

It seemed like a good idea to build a semiconductor lapping machine from an old hard drive. But there’s just something a little off about [electronupdate]’s build, and we think the Hack… ...