Which outcome occurs when exceeding the thermal design power limit in a CPU heatsink?

💡 Explanation

Permanent CPU performance reduction occurs because thermal throttling engages, limiting frequency and voltage to prevent critical temperature exceedance via negative feedback; therefore performance degrades irreversibly, rather than merely reducing efficiency under voltage thresholds.

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• Which mechanism increases entropy when amorphous silicon transitions to polycrystalline silicon at high temperature?
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