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by comrade_ogilvy 4836 days ago
Keep in mind that chips can be tested at different frequencies with different amounts of input and expected output. So that C bin could have a perfect test score under certain reasonable conditions.

Clever little hardware hacks gives you oodles of geek street cred, but it may mean putting up with occasional bizarre behavior so that cred is well-earned. When silicon fails, the apparent effects can defy all logic. We can be talking about a logical AND that does something else entirely <0.001% of the time.