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> The nearly useless LED added to the back of the Pixel 11 likely costs significantly more than the extra die space for MTE support in the CPU cache. How is a
by yaro330 1mo ago
> The nearly useless LED added to the back of the Pixel 11 likely costs significantly more than the extra die space for MTE support in the CPU cache.
How is a bunch of LEDs more expensive than literal die space from TSMC? The chip is probably the most expensive part of the phone, a bunch of LEDs at a few cents per unit are infinitely cheaper than extra die space for a feature 99.99% of users won't use.
- grapheneos 26d agoThe amount of die space needed to support MTE is minimal. MTE is used for Android Advanced Protection Mode and will very likely be enabled by default in future Android versions. If the Pixel 11 doesn't enable support for it then it's going to be missing a protection available on the Pixel 8 through Pixel 10a.