this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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Funnily enough, Intel tried something similar already in 2010 (way before their pay-as-you-go bullshit). It was a Pentium that you could unlock hyper-threading on for $50.
Thankfully they sold terribly, but one has to wonder how long until they try it again
Don't they have that on server cpus now?
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-unveils-on-demand-pay-as-you-go-feature-unlock-service-for-data-center-cpus