Overclockers can celebrate Raspberry Pi turbo mode
Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 16:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org)—Up to now, overclockers hungry for more processing power had to trade off on the possibility of a shorter life of the SoC and a voided warranty. Eben Upton, a founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, had remarked earlier this year, that "This is a mobile phone chip. The voltage this chip runs at, you can't just give it a significant voltage overhead without harming the overall chip lifetime.' The Raspberry Pi designers have good news for power enthusiasts this week, however. The team has developed a turbo mode that boosts performance by about 50 percent while keeping warranties intact. The turbo mode is a key feature of its latest firmware update. Its blog headline is "Introducing turbo mode: up to 50% more performance for free."