That’s a lot of layoffs.

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.

  • @[email protected]English
    11•4 months ago

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

      • @[email protected]English
        5•4 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]English
      12•4 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]English
        3•4 months ago

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