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Originally Posted by Waldo Pepper
I wouldn't be surprised. I cannot remember all those Intel numbers and what exactly each one stood for but they used to sell CPUs with failed maths co-processors as legit x86 chips (i486DX sold as i486SX I think).
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Makes sense really. They've spent the money to create the CPU, so junking it because one part that isn't strictly needed for the main operation of the CPU isn't working would just be wasting that money.
Of course, now, there is also the added environmental consideration.