// Hacker Noon · 22 April 2026

Undervolting Is Not Enough: Why Your Laptop Still Throttles During AI Workloads

While undervolting effectively cools the GPU core, it often fails to prevent VRAM from overheating and triggering aggressive thermal throttling during intense AI workloads. Because laptops use shared heat pipes, high VRAM temperatures can "heat soak" the entire cooling system even if the GPU core re...

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