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> ...but 6/4 cores, respectively, were defective, so they get disabled. I don’t think they’re crippling fully functional hardware. Hmm, but what if 3 cores are
by gurkendoktor 5y ago
> ...but 6/4 cores, respectively, were defective, so they get disabled. I don’t think they’re crippling fully functional hardware.
Hmm, but what if 3 cores are defective? If that can happen(?), then it seems one extra functional core is disabled to get to an even core number.
Apple's M1 GPUs are the first where I've seen the choice between 7 and 8 cores (as opposed to 6/8 or 4/8).
- geoduck14 5y ago> Hmm, but what if 3 cores are defective? It gets sold as a coaster
- islon 5y agoA coaster that allows you to play Doom.
- Sohcahtoa82 5y agoMore likely, a keychain: https://www.amazon.com/Keychain-Ryzen-Threadripper-Computer-Seller/dp/B08T67HB4Y https://www.amazon.com/Keychain-Ryzen-Threadripper-Computer-... https://www.amazon.com/Keychain-Intel-Core-Computer-Chain/dp/B08TM23YYQ https://www.amazon.com/Keychain-Intel-Core-Computer-Chain/dp...
- edgyquant 5y agoKind of funny that Amazon recommends it be bought with thermal paste
- simondotau 5y agoI imagine there is some trade off to be made between increasingly surgical disabling of components and avoiding a menagerie of franken-SKUs. Presumably the fault rate is low enough that tolerating a single GPU core drop takes care of enough imperfect parts. Perhaps there is fault tolerance hidden elsewhere, e.g. the neural engine might have 17 physical cores and one is always disabled. Although this seems unlikely as it would probably waste more silicon than it would save.