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Oh look, Intel is going back to the IBM 1960s mainframe model. How long until they use their management features to sell overnight spare capacity on your machi
by phone8675309 5y ago
Oh look, Intel is going back to the IBM 1960s mainframe model.
How long until they use their management features to sell overnight spare capacity on your machine (using WoL or firmware tricks to power on your machine if you turn it off overnight) unless you pay them monthly?
- phendrenad2 5y agoFinally all of the people who willingly ran SETI@Home will get paid in lower CPU prices, I guess?
- phone8675309 5y agoMore likely they suspend/throttle your usage to ensure a given level of services to the people they’re selling extra capacity to. Maybe make each SKU functionally identical except your software/firmware gate off the extra cores and cache and sell the processing power of the disabled cores unless the owner pays a monthly fee to unlock them.