silicon lottery

noun

The uncertainty surrounding microprocessors' overclocking potential, which is typically unknown to a consumer (so that, by chance, some get products that prove able to overclock better than others).

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Meanings

nounsilicon lottery (plural silicon lotteries)

plural silicon lotteries

  1. computer hardwareThe uncertainty surrounding microprocessors' overclocking potential, which is typically unknown to a consumer (so that, by chance, some get products that prove able to overclock better than others).
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