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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Undervolting aims to keep the same performance at a lower power draw. But because modern SOCs scale their frequency dynamically based on temperature, a lower voltage means slightly better performance

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh interesting. Makes sense. Any idea why they don’t tune it like this from the factory? Stability?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Yes. Essentially, every chip coming out of the fab will be slightly different, so you need to find a voltage curve that works for all of them. Some will be able to work with - 50mv, some -15, some won't work at all unless they're right at that factory defined voltage.