[dotBen]

And this might be the old production trick where one part of the core fails QA and so they shut it out and make it a cheaper part.

The GPU parts might be the tightest silicon and highest rate of failure so this approach reduces waste.

[slavoingilizov]

By "trick" you mean the only approach every chip-maker has been following for decades? Literally every single one. It's called binning.

[compiler-guy]

The gp is using “trick” not with the nefarious connotation, but more along the lines of “hack” or “clever idea”.

[dotBen]

yeah I guess I should have said 'hack'

[fomine3]

I think it's proper way than hack