Different processor speeds with same steppings
Well I saw a bit of this mentioned in another thread but I thought I'd not go off topic and make a new thread.
So the question is when a new stepping is released with different stock speeds, how does AMD/Intel decide what speeds they use? I mean is there some quality/stability test for individual chips or to they just randomly throw chips in different baskets or what?
Apologies if this has already been asked somewhere.
Edit: Oops I can't fix the typo in subject
So the question is when a new stepping is released with different stock speeds, how does AMD/Intel decide what speeds they use? I mean is there some quality/stability test for individual chips or to they just randomly throw chips in different baskets or what?
Apologies if this has already been asked somewhere.
Edit: Oops I can't fix the typo in subject
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http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11215&highlight=steppings
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13383&highlight=steppings
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8249&highlight=steppings
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