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After doing a little research, I discovered some things you guys might be interested in. I was curious as to why you guys kept mentioning 500mhz as a max when Wikipedia mentions 600mhz, so I started looking for links from TI to back up that speed. I found something perfectly fitting.

http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-omap/msg13152.html

In adition to mention the max clock speed of the TI OMAP3430 as being 600mhz, I specifically love this part:

Recently there was some change to also measure active time at max overdrive for same usage mix. This resulted in still meeting lifetime goals for typical usage.

This can translate to a smart phone maker of being able to use overdrive as they see fit and still have long life (assuming they can supply adequate power and still dissipate what ever additional heat there is). This is still not 100% of the time in active mode.
Looks like even if someone *was* doing full 24/7 number crunching at 600mhz that the CPU could hold up as long as it didn't overheat(which we can't guarantee)
 

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