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That is an extremely common practice in the industry. Every large chip design house does this to maximize line yield - it is called "binning" [1]. [1] https://
by dogber1 5y ago
That is an extremely common practice in the industry. Every large chip design house does this to maximize line yield - it is called "binning" [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_binning#Semiconductor_manufacturing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_binning#Semiconductor_...
- floatboth 5y agoOf course binning is common, but creating a retail SKU to sell the fail bin from a semi-custom (Xbox) is always newsworthy. There was something similar with the previous Xbox generation: https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/316299-amds-a9-9820-8-core-jaguar-apu-wont-offer-xbox-one-s-performance https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/316299-amds-a9-9820-8-cor...