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Quality control is basically the differentiator in modern manufacturing. Intels high price chips, and low price chips are often the same chip except the low pr
by true_religion 6y ago
Quality control is basically the differentiator in modern manufacturing.
Intels high price chips, and low price chips are often the same chip except the low priced one failed quality control and had some of its circuits turned off.
- LordDragonfang 6y agoThis common process is called binning, in case anyone wants to read more on it. Wikipedia article, as a primer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_binning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_binning
- e_y_ 6y agoChip binning is something of a special case. Most of the time, when part of a product fails, you have a useless/unsellable product that needs to be reworked or scrapped.