I do wonder though what are the legal implications of deliberately limiting performance in hardware are.
huh? Legal implications? Because it is hardware and not software where this is state of the art for more than 20years now?
Lot of "someone is stealing my toy" posts here. In the end, of course depending on execution, it benefits the end user. Disabling parts of CPUs to sell them to a cheaper market segment has been practiced for many years now. With this users can upgrade their CPU without soldering or replacing the whole unit.
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