Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[kpf]

Perhaps in the same sense as the Tri-Cores are a "design feature".
If you want so, yes. Both is integral part of its DFM.

It will create a great deal of SKU complexity.
Absolutely. There is a lot more to this, btw, e.g. frequency of HTT-links. This is what slowed the project down and made it necessary to postpone features for later as well.

K.