nospam wrote on 1/10/2018 10:02 AM:
In article , rickman
wrote:

Brian Gregory wrote on 1/8/2018 8:11 PM:
On 02/01/2018 16:43, Jolly Roger wrote:
harry newton wrote:

HTC, Motorola, LG and Samsung are
among the major brands quick to stress they see no reason to throttle
the performance of their smartphones."

False. Android phones absolutely do throttle the CPU secretly with no
warning:

https://stackoverflow.com/q/11883404/6540130

Well yes of course the CPU gets throttled to prevent overheating.

Why would the CPU overheat?

because the user is doing something cpu intensive for an extended
period of time causing the cpu to get hot.

You completely ignore the issue. CPUs overheating mean the CPU cooling is
not designed appropriately. Just like the cooling in a car. If I drive and
my car overheats the problem is the car wasn't designed correctly or is
broken. Cooling systems should be designed to cool the thing they are
cooling.


Most computers are designed with adequate
cooling capacity.

they are, for normal everyday use. push it hard, such as playing a
graphics intensive game, and it will get warm, possibly very warm.

What? You aren't supposed to play games on a computer? LOL


there are no fans in a mobile phone. there is no room for a large
heatsink on the processor.

They also don't run the same sort of programs as PCs. But they are
computers and need to be designed to keep cool when being used and not to
burst into flames because someone played a game too long.


if it gets too warm, it has to throttle.

Or it can be designed with adequate passive cooling.


Overheating in a phone would be very bad. High
temperatures in a phone heat the Lithium battery which can in extreme cases
catch fire.

yep, which is why it has to be throttled.

Or better, cooled.

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Rick C

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on the centerline of totality since 1998