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To: Gary Ng who wrote (135628)	5/21/2001 12:27:32 AM
From: dougSF30	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Gary, no the Athlon 4 has a feature for critical thermal mistakes. On the order of, "you forgot a heatsink" or "your heatsink fan broke". In these situations, the Athlon 4 shuts off. Making it apparent that there's something wrong, which should be fixed. The P4 has something quite different, and if you read the PDF, it's clear what Intel is trying to do: They want to get "high MHz labels" on parts that cannot continuously run at that speed, due to thermal issues. They also want to enable cheaper thermal solutions for this power-hungry CPU. The PDF says that even with an appropriate thermal solution, the throttle may activate during 'intensive' code. And the introduction section talks about how the idea is to allow them to ship parts at speeds closer to thermal failure, since they can slow it down when necessary. In other words, they are aiming for increased average clock speed at the expense of sustained maximum clock speed. Which is most likely marketing's brainchild, since who wants a part that slows down when you need it most? Doug