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When foundries like TSMC or GloFo manufacture computer processors they aim for creating the highest number of the top tier model processor on each wafer.
More often than not lower tier models like the Intel i3 or AMD Ryzen 5 are actually i9 and Ryzen 9 processors that have been destroyed on purpose using lasers.
Same goes with many GPUs. Less often they didn't have all of their cores working due to the shape of the wafer (round) to produce square shaped chips and were pulled from the edge or had minor defects in one or more core.

There are some exceptions, but not really outside of custom applications. In the 00s and a bit into the 2010s, many were just software locked and you could modify a lower tier GPU for example to become a higher one with software and/or $0.01 voltage mods. So, they started ensuring that you couldn't do that anymore by using a laser to either destroy or cut access to the full silicon.

TL;DR? That $200 CPU started it's life as a $600 CPU.

Y'all have some fun example of this kind of thing?
IIRC, convertible cars often start out as hardtops and are contracted out to companies that cut the roof off and reinforce the body before installing the convertible top.
 
NowYou'rePlayingWithPower said:
When foundries like TSMC or GloFo manufacture computer processors they aim for creating the highest number of the top tier model processor on each wafer.
More often than not lower tier models like the Intel i3 or AMD Ryzen 5 are actually i9 and Ryzen 9 processors that have been destroyed on purpose using lasers.
Same goes with many GPUs. Less often they didn't have all of their cores working due to the shape of the wafer (round) to produce square shaped chips and were pulled from the edge or had minor defects in one or more core.

There are some exceptions, but not really outside of custom applications. In the 00s and a bit into the 2010s, many were just software locked and you could modify a lower tier GPU for example to become a higher one with software and/or $0.01 voltage mods. So, they started ensuring that you couldn't do that anymore by using a laser to either destroy or cut access to the full silicon.

TL;DR? That $200 CPU started it's life as a $600 CPU.

Y'all have some fun example of this kind of thing?
IIRC, convertible cars often start out as hardtops and are contracted out to companies that cut the roof off and reinforce the body before installing the convertible top.
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There's a brand of electric motorcycle called "Zero" that has a whole bunch of bells of whistles that you can only enable if you pay more money, It's all installed and manufactured on the motorcycle but you have to pay to enable it.

Not that I'd want to own an electric motorcycle.... but a lot of people who are interested in them are put off by that.
 
NowYou'rePlayingWithPower said:
When foundries like TSMC or GloFo manufacture computer processors they aim for creating the highest number of the top tier model processor on each wafer.
More often than not lower tier models like the Intel i3 or AMD Ryzen 5 are actually i9 and Ryzen 9 processors that have been destroyed on purpose using lasers.
Same goes with many GPUs. Less often they didn't have all of their cores working due to the shape of the wafer (round) to produce square shaped chips and were pulled from the edge or had minor defects in one or more core.

There are some exceptions, but not really outside of custom applications. In the 00s and a bit into the 2010s, many were just software locked and you could modify a lower tier GPU for example to become a higher one with software and/or $0.01 voltage mods. So, they started ensuring that you couldn't do that anymore by using a laser to either destroy or cut access to the full silicon.

TL;DR? That $200 CPU started it's life as a $600 CPU.

Y'all have some fun example of this kind of thing?
IIRC, convertible cars often start out as hardtops and are contracted out to companies that cut the roof off and reinforce the body before installing the convertible top.
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If you're interested... https://wriding.com/zero-sr-electric-motorcycle/
 
Thumbpicker said:
If you're interested... https://wriding.com/zero-sr-electric-motorcycle/
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That's so crazy. I remember reading something similar on electric dirtbikes and someone had cracked the software to do this kind of mod for free.
While the torque numbers on those electric bikes are pretty impressive, I think I'll stick to gas since most of our rides are multi-day with 300-600 miles/day.
I'm going to put up my gsxr750 for sale in the spring though and probably get a new Triumph Daytona 765 or MV Augusta F3. Perhaps a Panigale.
 
NowYou'rePlayingWithPower said:
That's so crazy. I remember reading something similar on electric dirtbikes and someone had cracked the software to do this kind of mod for free.
While the torque numbers on those electric bikes are pretty impressive, I think I'll stick to gas since most of our rides are multi-day with 300-600 miles/day.
I'm going to put up my gsxr750 for sale in the spring though and probably get a new Triumph Daytona 765 or MV Augusta F3. Perhaps a Panigale.
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I had the Triumph Street Triple RS 765 - nice bike. Currently have the BMW S1000R - that's nice too. The 765 sounds much nicer than the S1000R which sounds like a glorified vacuum cleaner thanks to emissions regs. I have no desire for anything electric. I'm just glad I'll probably make it to the end of my riding life without having to buy one.
 
There are some IT servers that ship will full capacity loaded; you have to license the capacity to enable and use it; if not you can have unused processors, memory, storage, network, etc.,...I'd have to check to see if they're powered, IIRC they are, and they're consuming electricity while not being used.

Not sure on GPU-based servers.

Of course this could have changed recently?
 
japetus said:
They call it taking a dump when in all reality, you are leaving a dump.
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I left a dump at the shit plant. I work at a shit plant. Usually, I leave a dump at home, where my dump has to travel about 9 miles to get to the shit plant.
Fascinating eh? I feel like I'm doing community service and saving resources.
 
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I was told by a master brewer friend that worked at Anheuser-Busch that A-B (and others similar) could make all of their beer taste like Michelob Ultra. But because you have to have a beer for the poor man, they stair step their product downward from high to low and price it accordingly.

So if that is true, they make a perfectly flavored beer (Ultra) and actually spend money and time to draw it down to the likes of say Natural Light.

Ultra Light > Bud Select > Budweiser > Bud Ice > Bud Light > Busch Light > Natural Light

1. Not sure if true
2. I don't drink AB products but used to
3. I don't drink beer anymore
 
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acceptance said:
I had a 675 and it was an excellent bike. Triples sound awesome IMO.
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I had one too when they first came out. I think it was called sunflower yellow. It was awesome, but was so tall like a mx bike. I sold it and got a 636 which was super comfy for a sportbike. I actually rode it from Vegas to New Jersey and back :ROFLMAO:. My next was a ZX10R that was stolen at a walmart parking lot and was loaded into the back of a truck... in front of a parked police car. The new 765 comes in a shorter version, so partly why it's on my list. I really want the MV Augusta, but it's been a while since I last experienced one so it may be too harsh. Either way, I don't ride a ton anymore because we have to store the bikes in town due to living off a very long dirt/gravel forest service road.
 
rsm said:
There are some IT servers that ship will full capacity loaded; you have to license the capacity to enable and use it; if not you can have unused processors, memory, storage, network, etc.,...I'd have to check to see if they're powered, IIRC they are, and they're consuming electricity while not being used.

Not sure on GPU-based servers.

Of course this could have changed recently?
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Still true as far as I know. Pretty certain that you have to license each core/thread. I know there are some virtual machine tricks to get a bit more out of it, but that really only helps with less intense loads. Crazy and greedy stuff.
 
311splawndude said:
I was told my a master brewer that Anheuser-Busch (and others similar) could make all of their beer taste like Michelob Ultra. But because you have to have a beer for the poor man, they stair step their product downward from high to low and price it accordingly.

So if that is true, they make a perfectly flavored beer (Ultra) and actually spend money and time to draw it down to the likes of say Natural Light.

Ultra Light > Bud Select > Budweiser > Bud Ice > Bud Light > Busch Light > Natural Light

1. Not sure if true
2. I don't drink AB products but used to
3. I don't drink beer anymore
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We have the old Olympia brewery in town. I think it's like 100 years old or something like that. Has it's own train station and everything. Has been sitting and rotting for decades while the city tries to figure out what to do with it. I think part of the issue is it's a historic site, but has to be updated due to asbestos and lead or something along those lines and has just sat for decades because apparently it would be cheaper to demolish and rebuild than clean and update.
 
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