Quote Originally Posted by GAR View Post
Why cant AMD make a new cpu???? AMD 64 was 2003 technology, get over it and make a new damn cpu already!!!
This is a K10 based processor with only 2 active cores, not a K8 with only 2 cores available.

Quote Originally Posted by Nedjo View Post
hmm crippled... doesn't "salvaged" sounds more precise? I mean who in the right mind would cripple fully working piece of highly complex silicon and sell it below price of the fully working parts? It's more reasonable is to capitalize on modular architecture, and salvage any fully working cores... right?
Agreed.. this is salvaged silicon, not crippled. This is better than simply tossing the silicon, think of the millions of dollars of "saved" revenue.