I understand that certain semiconductor diodes can be used as a sensitive
thermometer (although they may be tricky to calibrate).  If you could use
two legs of an unused transistor, or some other diode on the CPU die, you
should (at least in theory) be able to follow the actual die temperature.

Anyone with the know-how to follow this up?

Boyd Ramsay

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