Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) is a throttling control method used on
LGA 775 versions of the
Core 2
Intel Core 2 is the processor family encompassing a range of Intel's consumer 64-bit x86-64 single-, dual-, and quad-core microprocessors based on the Core microarchitecture. The single- and dual-core models are single- die, whereas the quad-cor ...
,
Pentium Dual-Core,
Pentium D,
Pentium 4 and
Celeron processors and also on the
Pentium M series of processors. TM2 reduces processor temperature by lowering the
CPU clock multiplier, and thereby the processor core speed.
In contrast, Thermal Monitor 1 inserts an
idle cycle into the CPU for thermal control without decreasing multipliers.
TM1 and TM2 are associated with DTS/PECI — Digital Temperature Sensor/
Platform Environment Control Interface.
References
Intel microprocessors
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