Sir, Please Step Away From the Centro!

The gigahertz Centro, also known as 'the Palm-powered grenade' - Engadget. Okay, this may be a gag photo; but, for you lawyers out there, it serves as an instructional tool, and a cautionary tale. First, understand that over-clocking a CPU in a computer or smart phone is a breach of the warranty. For you newbies, overclocking involves tweaks and hacking of a computer's CPU to make it run faster than it was designed. Many manufacturers set the clock speed of CPUs low, as a safety feature, and because overclocked CPUs can overheat and explode. Yes, you read that right, a computer CAN explode like a firecracker. You don't want to have one of these in your hand when it happens. Of course, think of all the litigation it could spawn. The manufacturer could claim breach of warranty and comparative negligence as defenses, but the terrible maiming of the poor hacker would generate a lot of sympathy. Most commentators think that 936 MHz is impossible on a Centro, and claim this photo is a hoax. But, as always, the FutureLawyer can take a hoax, and create a teaching moment.

Comments

[Norcross]

While I doubt it's feasible, it is 'technically' possible. The highest speed Intel I/O processor has a 1.2 ghz core. So if the chip is scaled down considerably, you could get it that high.

Right before it melts and / or blows up