
Thermal management continues to be an inherent limitation on phones. Most phones have powerful chipsets that deliver standout performance, but because of overheating issues, these chipsets tend to throttle aggressively. Manufacturers are essentially constrained by the size, so the most they can do is add a vapor chamber to passively cool the chipset on a phone.

In Hardwired, AC Senior Editor Harish Jonnalagadda delves into all things hardware, including phones, audio products, storage servers, and routers.