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Redditor suggests MacBook Pro throttling is not a CPU issue; can be fixed

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2018/07/2018-MacBook-Pro-logic-board-iFixit-002.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500)</div><p>Update: Whether the Redditor is right or not, it was indeed the case that Apple was able to <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/07/24/apple-releases-2018-macbook-pro-update-to-fix-cpu-throttling-thermal-management-bug/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolve the issue with an update[/url].</p>
<p>A Redditor argues that <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/07/17/2018-macbook-pro-cpu-throttling/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the CPU slowdown[/url] experienced with the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/2018-macbook-pro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2018 MacBook Pro[/url] is not caused by thermal throttling of the processor itself, but rather by power throttling of the voltage regulator module (VRM).</p>
<p>They go on to demonstrate that the value can be overwritten, boosting performance, indicating that it is potentially something Apple can fix with an update …</p>
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