Re:Using voltage glitching to unleash the A100 in my mining ...
by WarmWash on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:08AM
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With a bit of nuance of understanding it's not that wild or egregious, and no one is really getting cheated.
Basically the high price of the fully unlocked models is what makes it possible to sell artificially limited models at the lower price point (while also offering the ability to possibly sell lower binned units). Basically you can gas the profit on the high-end to drive down the cost on the low end, but obviously this only works if you have a distinct High and Low end.
People think that if we banned this practice it would lead to the top shelf models being sold at the bottom shelf price. But that's just naive market confusion. A ban would just mean that the top shelf unit at a higher price and the lower shelf unit at a higher price would be available.
There is no solve to the "problem" that results in "High shelf unit being sold at lower cost", in fact the thing you are complaining about is already the closest to that ideal, as the manufacturer can leverage economies of scale to drive down costs across the product line.
Basically the high price of the fully unlocked models is what makes it possible to sell artificially limited models at the lower price point (while also offering the ability to possibly sell lower binned units). Basically you can gas the profit on the high-end to drive down the cost on the low end, but obviously this only works if you have a distinct High and Low end.
People think that if we banned this practice it would lead to the top shelf models being sold at the bottom shelf price. But that's just naive market confusion. A ban would just mean that the top shelf unit at a higher price and the lower shelf unit at a higher price would be available.
There is no solve to the "problem" that results in "High shelf unit being sold at lower cost", in fact the thing you are complaining about is already the closest to that ideal, as the manufacturer can leverage economies of scale to drive down costs across the product line.