It is mostly done (at least in this case, probably most cases) because it doesn't actually work and they aren't finished yet. I think it is in good faith - the

It is mostly done (at least in this case, probably most cases) because it doesn't actually work and they aren't finished yet. I think it is in good faith - they aren't intending to lie or deceive, but it's show and tell time and the product isn't ready. I still think it goes against the spirit of a tech demo and is pretty dishonest. Intel have very aggressive schedules lately, so this isn't surprising. That is also why they knowingly ship broken chips lately: http://www.techpowerup.com/156625/Intel-Core-i7-3960X-and-i7-3930K-CPUs-Transitioning-to-C2-stepping-in-January.html http://www.techpowerup.com/156625/Intel-Core-i7-3960X-and-i7...