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Originally Posted by Annirak
...One point to note is that I believe the AMD user accessible thermal diode is, like the intel one, located in a relatively cool section of the die. It may be misrepresenting the actual temperature of the hotter parts of the die.
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Don't know about AMD, but I believe that the Intel one has been demonstrated, indeed.
It isn't pleasant to know, but a heat die is not forgiving that way. It then comes down to applying a "correction" to match what a CPU reports. Either way, it should give anyone "something" to measure.