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[Jules Richardson]

Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 31 May 2007 at 23:24, Tony Duell wrote:
> 
>> Actually, if you'll let me use a BGA rework oven so I can remove said 
>> chips and get to the connections, and provided I have data on the chips, 
>> yes. It'd be a lot easier to work out a board with such chips on than a 
>> board with, say , 1000 discrete transistors on it. 
> 
> A modern board that has chips that are listed in a databook?  Ha!
> 
> I'll take the 1000 transistor board--it's more likely to be 2 layers 
> and most likely with circuits that repeat.

Surely it's as much effort whether circuits repeat or not? Don't you still 
have to check all possible interconnects to make sure that you've got 
everything traced right, even if a quick visual inspection might make it 
appear that there's a lot of repetition?