Enabling A User And/Or Software To Dynamically Control Performance Tuning Of A Processor

摘要

In an embodiment, a processor includes a power control unit (PCU) to control power delivery to components of the processor and further including a storage having an overclock lock indicator which when set is to prevent a user from updating configuration settings associated with overclocking performance of the processor within an operating system (OS) environment. Other embodiments are described and claimed.