drilling a hole through a Pentium chip

[Ben Pfaff]

I've had this busted Pentium/75 chip sitting around for a few
years, and I've finally figured out what I want to do with it:
make a unique keychain piece.  So: drill a hole through it.

It's harder than it sounds though.  I pulled out my trusty
"Craftsman Professional 'Millennium' Series" drill and attacked
it at one corner with a 3/8" bit.  This scratched the finish a
little bit and broke off some of the pins, but didn't even make a
starter hole for the drill bit to stick into.

Then my friend Jeremy came up with the idea of pounding a nail,
or an awl, through it.  "It might shatter," we figured, "but it's
worth a shot."  So he grabbed a hammer and an awl-like device and
pounded the one into the other.  Result: awl-like device pounded
into shapeless mass.

Any suggestions?  And WTF kind of superhard ceramic does Intel
package these chips inside that a hardened steel bit won't even
bite into?
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