Re:Intel wants to charge $50 to unlock stuff your CPU can al...
by marshray on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @12:47PM
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> Why?
My guess is that TSX being a new feature designed for multicore scalability, they're going to pay very close attention to bug reports and crashes on these new systems. They really don't want a bunch of overclockers out there generating mysterious crashdumps. For example, https://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2005/04/12/4075...
My guess is that TSX being a new feature designed for multicore scalability, they're going to pay very close attention to bug reports and crashes on these new systems. They really don't want a bunch of overclockers out there generating mysterious crashdumps. For example, https://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2005/04/12/4075...