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Game dev [Alderon Games] accuses Intel of selling ‘defective’ Raptor Lake CPUs [13th&14th-gen] [ quote: "we have observed that CPUs initially working well deteriorate over time, eventually failing" ] (www.theregister.com)
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[-] b000rg@midwest.social 19 points 4 months ago

I'm surprised Intel hasn't gotten into the planned obsolescence game yet. If your CPU goes out, the easiest, cheapest solution is always a drop-in replacement. Not like you can easily switch to a different brand. Just par for the course for the race to the bottom.

[-] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 11 points 4 months ago

I'm surprised Intel hasn't gotten into the planned obsolescence game yet

Judging from this post, they just figured it out.

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