So they got all that money from Uncle Sam’s CHIPS Act only to lay off 10,000 employees and make themselves “lean”. Govt funded unemployment.

  • @jordanlund
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    482 months ago

    Probably just keeping the staff needed to replace all the 13th and 14th gen CPUs.

    • @TheGoldenGod
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      202 months ago

      I really hope they plan on fixing the problems with those generations. 🤞

      • @glimse
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        432 months ago

        They aren’t fixing shit since the problem is unfixable

        • @TheGoldenGod
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          162 months ago

          I suppose I should’ve phrased it as, compensating. Seeing as they are still being sold.

          • @ChicoSuave
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            172 months ago

            American companies don’t compensate unless legally obligated.

              • sunzu
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                12 months ago

                They just want you to wat out of their hand so you don’t have a standing to sue.

        • @[email protected]
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          102 months ago

          The problem is fixable in microcode -if- it hasn’t already caused damage to the CPU. Most CPUs are fucked.

          • @BassTurd
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            232 months ago

            The micro code fix is to throttle the CPU. It’s only kind of a fix.

            • @[email protected]
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              52 months ago

              And the “fix” (big foam helmet) is not even out yet. They don’t have the chips to replace them all right now and are still selling more. You can help yourself by setting the clock speed (no boost) yourself.

              Oh and after the foam helmet gets put on they will still sell these using the old higher specs.

          • @[email protected]
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            122 months ago

            It sounds like a workaround, not a fix. And it’s not clear that it stops the processor degradation, rather than just slowing it.

            • @[email protected]
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              32 months ago

              There’s no such thing as stopping processor degradation, it’s just that it usually takes so long that nobody cares anymore.