Disassembling a CPU

So how does one reverse engineer the state of art integrated circuits, like the latest Intel CPUs? How costly is the hardware needed for such task?

>>14
That's a microscope. I said "magnifying glass", in reply to >>8.

>>15
Its magnification elements are primarily glass. Thus, at least one magnifying glass is present, and you must look through it (or them) in order to view a magnified image.

>>16
Microscopes and magnifying glasses aren't called by the same words. You'll even find there's a reason for that.
AIBT?