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Originally Posted by bocaJ View Post
Alright, I'm getting a little off-topic now, but how exactly does the N900 clock itself? Will it even run at 600MHz? What does it mean to "lock the processor" at x frequency? I had kind of assumed that the processor works like speedstep stuff, going to higher speeds if there was a more demanding task, i.e. watching a youtube video.
Yes, cpufreq handles the speedstepping. For users, there's absolutely no need to worry about any of this.

Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
Eesh, so it can't even do 600 at all times (if I'm processing this correctly?)
So? Unless you're transcoding video 24/7 there's almost no need for it to be at 600MHz at all times.
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