AMD shouldn't kill core unlocking

It will bring in customers
By Charlie Demerjian Monday, 2 March 2009

ONE INTERSTING BIT that no one seems to have noticed recently centers around the AMD tri-core CPUs and unlocking. Last week it was revealed that you can unlock the fourth core on just about any Phenom with a BIOS setting. The unwashed hordes soon bought out every three-core AMD product on the shelves, and the chipmaker is basically reporting that they are all sold out. The X3 720 Black CPU seems like a screamingly good deal right about now, and people are noticing. That brings us to the funny part, the unlocked cores themselves. Remember the massive FUD campaigns about a broken core? By now there are thousands of people who have unlocked their three-core Phenoms, and the message boards are notably not filled with people complaining about the flaky fourth core. There may be one or two, but when I looked a few days ago, I couldn't find one.

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