They do make software limitations to make it fit inside their product line. If only one out of eight cores is dead it’ll likely get sold as a 6 core chip not a

They do make software limitations to make it fit inside their product line. If only one out of eight cores is dead it’ll likely get sold as a 6 core chip not a seven core. If the clock stability limit is slightly too low it will get binned 10% lower for no technical reason. If they didn’t do this everyone would be returning the 6 core versions of a chip until they get lucky and get the 7 core. People already do this a little with overclocking capable chips. Maybe you’d argue they should sell a 7 core chip as well for a slightly higher price but that also means having more product lines and increased manufacturing costs as a result.