The etching machine is more accurate towards the center of the wafer, so they make the same chip many times over and see which ones meet the performance standards. Usually higher end chips come from the middle, and lower end chips the outside. So a 14700k is literally a rejected 14900k. They call it binned instead of rejected because it’s an expected part of chip making.
The etching machine is more accurate towards the center of the wafer, so they make the same chip many times over and see which ones meet the performance standards. Usually higher end chips come from the middle, and lower end chips the outside. So a 14700k is literally a rejected 14900k. They call it binned instead of rejected because it’s an expected part of chip making.