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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You can't fix damage that has already happened, but you can stop more damage by limiting voltage as I understand it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

but how can the chips reach the advertised performance while being undervolted? especially damaged chips.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

It's like spectre and meltdown you also lost the advertised performance. Less performance is better than a gaping security hole or a broken chip.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

They can't.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I would expect this patch to come with a negative performance impact.