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- From: Tony-Preston@cup.portal.com (ANTHONY FRANCIS PRESTON)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: SUMMARY: 16MHz A3000 to 25MHz (!) Hardware "Hack"
- Message-ID: <64213@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 06:50:57 PDT
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1992Aug12.151140.58087@cc.usu.edu>
- <1992Aug17.132428.4865@tom.rz.uni-passau.de>
- <1992Aug17.191059.18794@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
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- When the CPUs are made, a few out of large batch(statistical sample)
- are selected and tested. IF they pass, they get the higher speed, if
- not, they drop down to the lower speed and test again. Not every
- CPU in the batch is tested, maybe the guy was lucky and got a fast
- one from a slow batch...
-