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