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Stepping Explanation please???

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DKC

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Feb 4, 2002
can anyone explain to me what stepping is ??

i see it a lot and i'm just curious?
 

Sonny

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They just give you a little bit of information about the production date so you can hopefully pick a CPU from a batch that o/c well.
 

AntiHeiss

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The stepping on a CPU is a mixture of the place, date, and type of CPU it is. So its just a classification on the details of a family of CPUS....like you have Kingdom, Phylum, Genus.....Stepping. heh...sorry that was bad I know.:)
 
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DKC

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so how would i be able to get differnet steppings???
 

NASsoccer

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each chip only has one stepping. So you would need to buy many chips to get different steppings, so you would need more computers to put them in:) Some sites list the stepping of the chips they are selling, you also might ask a seller what the stepping of the chip is before you buy.