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Re:The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% of ... by userbinator on Sunday October 11, 2020 @08:10PM (#24750232)
Don't forget the fact that most of their silicon is basically the same and you can easily change it with some hardware/software mods[1] --- I think they have tried to lock that down a bit more, but ultimately it's a cat-and-mouse game and the only ones who win are those willing to ignore the insanity of Imaginary Property laws and take matters into their own hands.

[1] https://www.eevblog.com/forum/general-computing/hacking-nvid...

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Re:The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% of ... by Apofis on Monday October 12, 2020 @12:18AM (#24751341)
AMD does the same thing and so does Intel, this is for CPU's too. The yield on silicon has a probability that some transistors wont work, so they disable those cores and create lower end models. Sometimes, to meet demand they do just simply disable cores, as it's also cheaper to have one process. Tesla does the same thing as well with their cars, funny enough.
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Re:The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% of ... by AtlasBarfed on Monday October 12, 2020 @01:23AM (#24751633)
IBM did it for their mainframes back in the day.
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Re:The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% of ... by qayxc on Monday October 12, 2020 @08:11AM (#24753581)
They still do to this day.
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Re:The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% of ... by breck on Sunday October 11, 2020 @09:27PM (#24750632)
I've spent a lot of time trying to come up with a better term for these laws, and I think your "Imaginary Property" phrase here is better than anything I've come up with. Thanks!
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