On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:35 AM, <richard.wa...@comcast.net> wrote: > I would also like to know how Intel and > AMD are disabling/degrading the cores. They very like have built > in circuits that they can "burn out" to ensure physical incapacity. Still, > perhaps it is done another way.
At least for AMD's Phenom II X3, re-enabling a disabled core is a simple matter of changing a BIOS setting. See http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-phenom-cpu,7080.html Cheers, -- Kilian _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
