A similar analogy would be cars that are de-tuned for sale to the general public. Modern engine are quite capable of creating far more horsepower and torque tha

A similar analogy would be cars that are de-tuned for sale to the general public. Modern engine are quite capable of creating far more horsepower and torque than what is available 'from the factory'. You can step up and buy the RS version of the same car with basically the same motor, or you can look for aftermarket workarounds such diesel engine programmers. In the olden days all chips were created to reach a specific performance level. Those that did not reach that level were simply relabeled as lower performance chips. This is effectively what Intel is doing now. But with improved manufacturing processes fewer and fewer chips 'fail' at testing. So the failure rate is manufactured as well to get the most out of every production run.