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Intel is laying off over 15,000 employees and will stop ‘non-essential work’ (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 months ago by Eezyville to c/[email protected]
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So they got all that money from Uncle Sam's CHIPS Act only to lay off 10,000 employees and make themselves "lean". Govt funded unemployment.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Probably just keeping the staff needed to replace all the 13th and 14th gen CPUs.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I really hope they plan on fixing the problems with those generations. 🤞

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 months ago (2 children)

They aren't fixing shit since the problem is unfixable

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I suppose I should’ve phrased it as, compensating. Seeing as they are still being sold.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

American companies don't compensate unless legally obligated.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

And then they send you a $10 Uber Eats card.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The problem is fixable in microcode -if- it hasn't already caused damage to the CPU. Most CPUs are fucked.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The micro code fix is to throttle the CPU. It's only kind of a fix.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

And the "fix" (big foam helmet) is not even out yet. They don't have the chips to replace them all right now and are still selling more. You can help yourself by setting the clock speed (no boost) yourself.

Oh and after the foam helmet gets put on they will still sell these using the old higher specs.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It sounds like a workaround, not a fix. And it's not clear that it stops the processor degradation, rather than just slowing it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

There's no such thing as stopping processor degradation, it's just that it usually takes so long that nobody cares anymore.