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> a single defect ruins the whole chip no. intel used to make extra cores for their 128 core cpus to account for the defects, and it was not rare to receive a
by geranim0 5y ago
> a single defect ruins the whole chip
no. intel used to make extra cores for their 128 core cpus to account for the defects, and it was not rare to receive a cpu with more than 128 cores because it was a good one.
- uluyol 5y agoSee the next sentence: "Of course you can build chips that can tolerate a few defects, but the principle holds."