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I seem to recall hearing that some CPUs were hobbled or otherwise limited by software for product diferentiation, but were otherwise identical. I wonder if thi
by pontifier 6y ago
I seem to recall hearing that some CPUs were hobbled or otherwise limited by software for product diferentiation, but were otherwise identical.
I wonder if this can be used to unlock additional cores or features on some CPUs.
- dragosmocrii 6y agothey are not necessarily identical. however during fabrication, there might be deffects in some cores, so Intel can disable some cores and market it as a lower end product. it is called binning
- rasz 6y agobinning locking down multiplier change? lets not kid ourselves