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Re:Renting Horsepower by rrgok on Thursday May 04, 2023 @01:07PM (#35818712)
The next logical step is for CPU, in hardware you physically own, to have subscription that will unlock more cores. Imagine owning an Apple M2 device that requires an extra 30$ a month subscription to unlock 2 more cores.

I hope I'm joking....

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Re:Renting Horsepower by kamefrede on Thursday May 04, 2023 @01:21PM (#35818947)
Intel's already's going to this, though

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30394918

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Re:Renting Horsepower by ernesth on Thursday May 04, 2023 @02:11PM (#35819732)
IBM has been doing it for years: they sell you a multi-core machine but you only can use 1 core. You can pay to use more than one as you need: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/power9?topic=environment-capacit...
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Re:Renting Horsepower by matwood on Thursday May 04, 2023 @02:43PM (#35820197)
Or software that you pay for per CPU core.
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