>>Do typical dies (sp?) include markings such as the
>>manufactured or chip model ?

>Small ones only have number codes or nothing at all
>(not enough room) large ones have whole 'books'
>printed on the back of the die and sometimes etched
>into the edges on the front side.

And some chips have all sorts of pictures and other announcements (including
undying love) etched on them. See the Silicon Zoo at
http://www.microscopy.fsu.edu/creatures/index.html

>I don't know about PIC dies.

I don't either.

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