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Why don't companies that make computer chips cut corners at the expense of stability? (startrek.website)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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It seems like it would be trivial for them to reduce quality control and have customers just "deal with" chips that aren't as stable. How come they aren't doing this?

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[–] 14 points 5 months ago

They kind of do, or at least used to.

If memory serves, they would take higher-end chips that didn't pass QA for that product line, disable some cores or whatever, and sell it as a lower-end chip.

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