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Actually, newer server CPUs have that, in a way. Each core is technically identical, but the performance is not always identical and can be dynamically adjusted.

The most obvious example is dynamic overclocking, where one core (that ideally works on a sequential part) gets a higher frequency (the other cores are usually underclocked at the same time). Intel calls this Turbo Boost: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Boost

In Hyper-Threading enabled cores, you also have varying performance per core, i.e. if one core only hosts one active thread that is CPU-bound the execution is faster than if one HT-core hosts two CPU-bound threads.

So, it is technically feasible, but at the same time makes scheduling for the OS harder.

Edit: And it also makes app performance less predictable. And it's one of the reasons why you need to run serious benchmarks more than a couple of times.



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