> From: Craig Lalley
> > Christian wrote:
> > As spelled out ...
> > 'The clock speeds of ... are affected with software.'
> 
> Ok, this is a very politically in-correct question.... but...
> 
> If the chip is slowed down by software, how is it done?

I'm not sure, but...

> Would the famous no-op command help here?

I suspect not -- at this level, you'll be dealing with hardware issues related to timing -- if the system is relying on a counter to determine timeouts, the counter will increment faster, and the system will wrongly believe a timeout occured.
 

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