The chips in this section are Engineering Samples. This kind of chips were made
not for commercial use, and are testing objects for engineers, mechanicals or selected customers.
Some  samples are extremely rare and very hard to find!

How can I identify a chip as a sample? Most chips have clear details. Either an acronym like
ES,CS,MS,QS or full words like Sample, Confidential, Prototype, Secret,.....
For Intel chips and CPUs you should know that all later CPUs and chips
have a spec number beginning with Q. So there are existing CPUs with no acronym marking
but a spec number with Q on the beginning. That's definitely a sample, very rare and valuable.
 
Acronyms

ES:
CS:
MS:
QS:
Engineering Sample
Customer Sample
Mechanical Sample
Qualification Sample


Some explanation on this pictures for samples and no samples
Intel Samples: CPU
C80960SA-16 A80386EXI A80486DX ES
Q8105 ES
 extremely rare piece!!
bottom view		 Q8042
 extremely rare piece!!
 bottom view		 SXE61, USA
 extremely rare piece!!
 bottom view
A80486SX2-50 A80860XR-40 EX KB80521EX133
Q0498 SAMPLE
 extremely rare piece!!
 bottom view		 C.0, USA
 extremely rare piece!!
 bottom view		 Q0815, Malaysia, 256kb Cache
very rare piece!!
 bottom view
KB80521EX200 80286 Sample 8 MHz A80376-16
Q011, Malaysia, 512kb Cache
 bottom view		 not for sale
 bottom view		 ES
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FA80C186CP KU80C186EC16 80528PC1.4G0K
 
Q8583
 bottom view		 Q8568
 bottom view		 QY81ES
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RK80546HE0561M 933/1M/533 Celeron Mobile, Low Voltage 80528KC 1.3G
   
Q223 ES,  2.4 GHz
 bottom view		 QKBM Intel SECRET
 bottom view		 QY89ES
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FV524RX533 RB80526RY850128 P III 450MHz, MMC2 package
QG11ES
 bottom view		 QBC6ES, Malaysia
 bottom view		 bottom view
80541KZ6672M 80541KZ6674M  80542KC9003M 
picture coming soon...  
Itanium I , Q012 ES
 bottom view		 Itanium I , QS05ES
 bottom view		 QUD7 QS
 bottom view 
PII Mobile MMC1    
   
Q761 Sample
 bottom view		    
Intel Samples: all other
A82380-20 A82370 C27C203-55V05
     
Q482 Sample, Malaysia
 bottom view		 Q 204, SAMP, USA
 bottom view		 ES, Malaysia
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TR8797BH AJ87C196KL AJ87C51GB
Sample, Malaysia
 bottom view		 Q9314 SAMPLE
 bottom view		 Korea
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CJ87C51GB AJ9796JC AJ87C196CA
   
Q8282 Sample, Korea
 bottom view		 Q9225, Korea
 bottom view		 Q9557, Sample, gold pins!
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AJ87C196JT AJ87C196KT FW82801FBM
     
Q9447, Sample, Philippines
 bottom view		 Q9405, SAMPLE, Philippines
 bottom view		 QE81ES, "secret"
 bottom view 
AF82801JB C8253 C4201
QS29 ES, "secret" ES, 7708
 bottom view		 ES
C2108A6H B2708-L ES 51C68L-35
 
Malaysia, 7703
 bottom view		 Malaysia, 7833
 bottom view		 Malaysia
 bottom view
 N80C51GB 52-104 S82353 ES 
   
 Q8283, Korea
 bottom view		 ES
 bottom view		 ES 
Other Manufacturer Samples
DEC 21-47307-01 IDT  R3000A Texas Instruments DLP-Processor
Prototype
 bottom view		 Military Prototype, USA
 bottom view		 Sample
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68EM05C4ELC AM8052-BB D169
ENG.SAMPLE
 bottom view		 ENG.SAMPLE
 bottom view		 ENGN SAMPLES
ATERA EPB2001JC-ES Cypress CG7C131-35LMB Cypress CG7C140-55LMB
 
ES
 bottom view		 Eng. Samp.
 bottom view		 ES
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Cypress CY7C132-55LC Cypress CY7C162-35LC Cypress CY7C259-12HC
 
ES
 bottom view		 ES
 bottom view		 Eng. Sample
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Cypress CY7C266-45HC Cypress CY7C277-30WC Infineon TC1796-256F150E
ES
 bottom view		 ES, USA
 bottom view		 EES, early engineering Sample
 bottom view
Infineon TC1796ED-BC  WD76C10LP-LR WD76C21-LU
   
EES, early engineering Sample
 extremely rare piece!!
bottom view		 Singapore, 9101, Prototype
 bottom view		 9050, Prototype
 WD76C30-LU FARADAY FE2010A-ES FARADAY FE3000A-ES
     
9044, Prototype Engineering Sample  Military Engineering Sample
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