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'Widely panned' is an understatement! Intel kills pay-as-you-go hardware upgrades, 15 years after the infamous Intel Upgrade Service scheme

Intel On Demand.

  • Intel shut down On Demand after customers rejected paying for dormant silicon
  • Archiving SDSi signals the end of hardware features sold as add-ons
  • Cloud buyers refused fees for capabilities already fused into processors
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