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...what...

 

why would amd just disable a core and sell it as a different product...

 

why? lower heat? a dual core witha extra GHz would be of more benefit

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Because one of the cores was defective? Intel does this all the time.

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...what...

 

why would amd just disable a core and sell it as a different product...

 

why? lower heat? a dual core witha extra GHz would be of more benefit

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Because it has to go through a binning process and if one of the cores isn't up to spec, they disable it and sell it as a lower-tier item. Also, three cores is much better than two cores. (Maybe not in 2009 for most things, but nowadays it's definitely better)

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...what...

 

why would amd just disable a core and sell it as a different product...

 

why? lower heat? a dual core witha extra GHz would be of more benefit

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Its all to do with the way CPU's are manufactured and binned.

 

When the manufacture produces a wafer of lots of CPU's dies not all are created equal, so the manufacture tests them and bins them according to performance targets. Now not all the chips will sit within these performance tasks so what do you think the manufacture will do... put them in the trash? hell no its time to create a new Sku and release it to market :)

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Also, supply and demand.

If they don't have enough triple-core CPUs, they will disable the fully functioning 4th core if need be.

Most of the time, the 4th core is defective (I.e. requires more voltage to keep stable, parts of the cache is malfunctional).

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