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