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		anfractuosity on Nov 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Japanese-based multinational made a CD-based con... This looks very impressive! Could anyone explain what the R8J32710 chip is? I'm wondering what the data rate of bits across the bonding wires would be.

AlyssaRowan on Nov 28, 2014 [–]

DSPs/SoCs usually used as optical disc drive controllers, for example in Blu-Ray drives.

Three guesses why you might want to look inside one of those...

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