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rrgok
on May 4, 2023
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Mercedes EVs can go faster for $60 a month
The next logical step is for CPU, in hardware you physically own, to have subscription that will unlock more cores. Imagine owning an Apple M2 device that requires an extra 30$ a month subscription to unlock 2 more cores.
I hope I'm joking....
ernesth
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IBM has been doing it for years: they sell you a multi-core machine but you only can use 1 core. You can pay to use more than one as you need:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/power9?topic=environment-capacit...
matwood
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Or software that you pay for per CPU core.
kamefrede
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Intel's already's going to this, though
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30394918
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I hope I'm joking....