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AMD's New Threadripper Chips Have a Hidden Fuse That Blows When Overclocking Is Enabled
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No, this means something else in chip design. For example, an AVR microcontroller can be configured by blowing some fuses. Here is an introduction: https://www.ladyada.net/learn/avr/fuses.html