What is Thermal throttling?

Control that lowers frequency and voltage when a chip gets too hot, reducing heat to protect it.

Field: Power Management

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  1. Which describes thermal throttling?

Related terms

ACPI Activity factor Adaptive voltage scaling (AVS) Break-even time C-state Dynamic power Energy-delay product (EDP) Inrush current Isolation cell Level shifter

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