Weekend tech reading: Intel selling $50 'upgrade' cards to unlock built-in CPU features

[en0nym0us]

I am sure people out there are excited to hear about this and will find out a way to unlock the locked CPU features themselves in no time.

 

[gwailo247]

This isn't new. The 386SX was a dumbed down 386 processor that was a couple hundred dollars cheaper. If you needed more power back (like to do long-division), you added a math co-processor.

The average dork would rather save $50 by buying a crippled processor he'll never miss because it's faster that last years and cheaper too.

Math co-processor...that is a name I've not heard in a long time.