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If the motherboards are putting too much power into the chips, why isn’t it their fault?
by dumbfounder 1y ago
If the motherboards are putting too much power into the chips, why isn’t it their fault?
- kvemkon 1y agoIsn't it the small embedded support CPU core within the CPU I/O die that controls voltages and frequencies? Sure it depends of what is configured in BIOS.
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- philjohn 1y agoThat I/O die will do little if sent hundreds of amps all of a sudden.
- kickopotomus 1y agoIn part, yes, but the whole picture is a bit more complex. Intel and AMD both work with vendors to work out reference designs and power regulator configurations that are compatible with their CPUs. Modern power regulators are relatively complex, especially when you get into the high-end desktop and server space. There are a lot of things that can be done wrong and cause issues, such as voltage or current overshoot when the CPU moves between different power states (e.g. low to high load).