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Intel's Anti-Overclocking Technology Simplified

Posted by michael on from the why-johnny-can't-speed dept.

John Thorensen writes "Found a fantastic article on Intel's recent Anti-Overclocking patent at Fastsilicon.com. Worth the read, as it also explains some of the technical and ethical issues of overclocking. Good to see that some tech journalists can still write material understandable by an average person."

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  1. The article is wrong by Hannibal_Ars · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't think that the author of this article actually understands the patent in question. Specifically, the reference signal is absolutely not generated on the CPU die, as the author claims. Intel's new scheme is still dependent on the chipset's cooperation.

    Anyway, I won't go into anymore detail here, because I explain the patent and its implications for overclocking in the following Ars news post:

    http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1048630320.h tm l

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