Thoughts on software-defined silicon

Posted Feb 27, 2022 3:07 UTC (Sun) by eean (subscriber, #50420)
In reply to: Thoughts on software-defined silicon by tshow
Parent article: Thoughts on software-defined silicon

> I could kind of see the justification for this if it was running the hardware harder and making it more likely to fail within the warranty period

yeah the Tesla battery thing actually might make sense since not fully charging the battery is better for its longevity and one presumes/hopes that as the battery ages unused cells can be cycled in as others wear out. so you're basically paying extra to optimize for range instead of longevity.

Hard to imagine Intel having something analogous to this though.