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Re:Intel wants to charge $50 to unlock stuff your CPU can al... by adlpz on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @11:59AM (#5820223)
Maybe it's just that in that case the silicon won't support it, we don't really know how the architecture is. It's also possible that it heats too much with both things. Who knows.

Indeed it would be stupid not to offer something, just because. Charge $2000 for it and someone will buy it.

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Re:Intel wants to charge $50 to unlock stuff your CPU can al... by nitrogen on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @03:21PM (#5821556)
Maybe it's just that in that case the silicon won't support it, we don't really know how the architecture is.

Indeed it is conceivable that transactional extensions wouldn't work when the clock multiplier is unlocked, but I can't yet imagine why.

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