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[–] jobes 2 points (+2|-0)

I guess manufacturing multiple level of performance line CPUs is too expensive to fabricate, so might as well just make one chip that can be gimped on demand.

[–] Dii_Casses 1 points (+1|-0)

They basically do that to produce odd-numbered processors, but that was largely a way to monetize defective quad-cores.