In another embodiment, when the thermal event occurs, the number of instructions that the processor may process within a particular span of time may be reduced to allow {HEAD ~ the temperature} of the chip to decrease below {TAIL ~ a second user configurable value} 
to decrease below
In another embodiment , when the thermal event occurs , the number of instructions that the processor may process within a particular span of time may be reduced to allow { HEAD ~ the temperature } of the chip to decrease below { TAIL ~ a second user configurable value }
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