Intel Thin Mini-ITX - Figure 4-1. Example of Voltage Regulator Induced Throttling; Figure 4-2. Example of a Typical CPU DTS Readout When Not Throttling

Thermals & Acoustics
38 Thin Mini-ITX Based PC System Design Guide
Figure 4-1. Example of Voltage Regulator Induced Throttling
Some voltage regulator designs will bypass a square wave output and will drop the
power down to a constant level, such as 35W. In either case, the CPU DTS values will
not be near the die’s maximum temperature of DTS = -1. This is because the CPU die
is not the component that is over temp.
Figure 4-2. Example of a Typical CPU DTS Readout When Not Throttling