what is the point of pins on top of cpus?

aren332 · March 29

and why do older cpus have more of them? since new cpus, even the 7700k doesnt have that much of them

Kilrah · March 29

Factory testing.

Beerzerker · March 29

22 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

Factory testing.

That and also to program the chip for it's final specs, per results from testing.

Somerandomtechyboi · March 29

1 hour ago, Kilrah said:

Factory testing.

1 hour ago, Beerzerker said:

That and also to program the chip for it's final specs, per results from testing.

i wonder if an end user could tinker around with those pads maybe unlock ht or more cores or something like that

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itd be pretty cool if i can get higher multis, all 4 cores, or ht working on my w3503s that im currently binning for imcs that can do 3400+ on air, maybe unlock ht or 12x mem multi on an i5 750

i wonder if the pinouts for those pads are public or not cause i dont think ive ever seen them mentioned in any of the datasheets i read though i did just skip over most of the datasheets just for the info im looking for like vid for pad voltmods or bsel for fsb mods