Just an odd thing I noticed tonight. If I play games on my laptop, my CPU throttles. It hits a max of 98C, then it cools down a bit and repeats. I'm told this is perfectly okay and is exactly what the ...

Adjusting the clock speed of the CPU. Also called "dynamic frequency scaling," CPU throttling is commonly used to automatically slow down the computer when possible to use less energy and conserve ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...

Under certain heavy workloads, a firmware problem is limiting the top clock frequencies of the Intel "Coffee Lake" CPUs in new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pros, Apple confirmed. A new firmware patch ...

Looking for some help here if anyone has any ideas. I have a manual work around, but I am hoping for an actual "fix". So I am running an AMD Athlon 300GE pro processor in an Asrock B450 mITX board for ...

UPDATE: MediaTek has issued a statement refuting the claims that the Dimesity 9300 extensively throttled performance to manage temperatures. It says the test is flawed and that thermal throttling ...

Apple has been in a bit of hot water with their user base lately following rumors that the company has intentionally slowed down older iPhone models. The news was troubling to users for a variety of ...

It turns out that it's not the MacBook Pro's slim design that's holding back Intel's Core i9 CPU-- it's a software bug, according to Apple. The company admitted to the issue in a statement today, ...

Reddit has struck again, this week correctly identifying that Apple is slowing down its older iPhones with iOS updates that throttle peak CPU speeds. The reason, according to Apple itself, is that it ...