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A die shot of an ESP32 (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ESP32-Dieshot.jpg

It's interesting how they are able to fit some much in a small space ~~considering most of it appears to be memory~~.

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[โ€“] duckythescientist 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Inductors! They are being used for the RF stuffs (and maybe some clock PLLs).

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Had no idea you could put inductors ON the die, but in hindsight, I guess there's no reason why not.

~8.5mm^2 of pure magic as far as I'm concerned.