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http://tinyurl.com/674l5mq
Um... OK then.
http://tinyurl.com/5sgxmxk
How the heck does /that/ work?!
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Am 16.09.2011 17:49, schrieb Invisible:
> http://tinyurl.com/5sgxmxk
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> How the heck does /that/ work?!
Some CPU models differ only in components that have been deliberately
disabled in the lower-priced version, to either...
a) increase the production yield, by simply de-activating faulty
components that aren't vital to the CPUs overall functioning, and
selling such CPUs at a lower price, or
b) open additional market segments for an already existing CPU design
originally aimed at a small, high-margin segment, by selling it at a
significantly lower price in order to target a large but low-margin
segment, artificially reducing the processing power to make the
lower-price variant unfit for the high-margin market segment.
Apparently, the latter is the case for the CPUs in question, and Intel
sales people have found yet another market share to benefit from: That
of people who originally purchased one of those lower-price CPUs, would
now like to have more processing power, but aren't willing to pay the
price for a completey new CPU (or even a new computer, in case the CPU
is soldered rather than socketed).
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On 16/09/2011 09:05 PM, clipka wrote:
> Apparently, the latter is the case for the CPUs in question, and Intel
> sales people have found yet another market share to benefit from: That
> of people who originally purchased one of those lower-price CPUs, would
> now like to have more processing power, but aren't willing to pay the
> price for a completey new CPU (or even a new computer, in case the CPU
> is soldered rather than socketed).
That's kinda crazy. It sounds almost like somebody buying a cheap BWM,
upgrading the engine management firmware, and suddenly getting an extra
100 bhp out of it.
Oh, wait...
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> On 16/09/2011 09:05 PM, clipka wrote:
>
>> Apparently, the latter is the case for the CPUs in question, and Intel
>> sales people have found yet another market share to benefit from: That
>> of people who originally purchased one of those lower-price CPUs, would
>> now like to have more processing power, but aren't willing to pay the
>> price for a completey new CPU (or even a new computer, in case the CPU
>> is soldered rather than socketed).
>
> That's kinda crazy. It sounds almost like somebody buying a cheap BWM,
> upgrading the engine management firmware, and suddenly getting an extra
> 100 bhp out of it.
>
> Oh, wait...
>
Yes, wait...
Swap a little chip in an engine controler, and sudently, WHAMO!, you get
a hefty power increase, sometimes coming with a fuel consumption
decrease as a bonus.
In some cases, it can even be simpler than that: flip a little hiden DIP
switch in a little black plastic box... Under the dash board.
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