A friend who worked in CPU design at Intel told me this, years ago, and it was confirmed by engineers at HP and Motorola (and I'm assuming it still holds true):
CPU speed was assigned by failure...if it failed at Z speed but not at Y, it was assigned Y speed. It it failed at Z and Y, but not at X, it was stamped X speed, and so on until the CPU wasn't viable at any MARKETABLE speed. BUT...if the manufacturer got an order for a certain number of X speed CPUs, but only had Y and Z speed...if they wanted the order, the Y and Z speed CPUs would be stamped X, and shipped. And that's why some people have very successful "overclocking" and others have less or no success...many of the chips we think are being overclocked really aren't being hopped up at all. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
