Thermal throttling
The automatic reduction of CPU and/or GPU clock frequencies by the processor's thermal management unit when the die temperature exceeds a thermal threshold. On Jetson Orin, this is managed by the DVFS (Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling) controller; on Raspberry Pi, by the firmware. Throttling protects the processor from damage but reduces node execution performance. Visible in `tegrastats` (Jetson) as reduced CPU frequency and in `vcgencmd measure_throttled` (Pi) as a non-zero throttled bitmask. Prevented by adequate active cooling and correct nvpmodel configuration.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 2 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Foundations of Robotics and Physical AI.
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
The automatic reduction of CPU and/or GPU clock frequencies by the processor's thermal management unit when the die temperature exceeds a thermal threshold. On Jetson Orin, this is managed by the DVFS (Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling) controller; on Raspberry Pi, by the firmware. Throttling protects the processor from damage but reduces node execution performance. Visible in `tegrastats` (Jetson) as reduced CPU frequency and in `vcgencmd measure_throttled` (Pi) as a non-zero throttled bitmask. Prevented by adequate active cooling and correct nvpmodel configuration.
A chip's automatic reduction of clock speed to remain within a safe operating
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.