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Remember three core AMD chips? They were quad core chips where one core was non functional or didn't meet spec. They simply disable the bad core and sell it as
by MisterTea 7y ago
Remember three core AMD chips? They were quad core chips where one core was non functional or didn't meet spec. They simply disable the bad core and sell it as a three core. Though it didn't do well as who wants to buy a "broken" quad core?
- opencl 7y agoThis is how most large-ish chips are sold. AMD no longer sells 3 core CPUs but they sell 6 and 4 core models which are partially disabled 8 core dies. The 6 core even seems to be their best selling model because it has a very good price:performance ratio. The Radeon 5700 is a cut down 5700XT, RTX 2060 is a cut down 2070, etc.