CPU operating Temperature range

Looking for the CPU operating temperature range. Not the ambient operating temperature range, but the range the CPU is allowed to run at.
My CPU has been nearing 175° F.
Macbook still runs great.
This is an early 2006 model with the intel core duo 2GHz
Thanks

I believe the lower limit is 32F and the upper limit 212F. At 212F it will trigger thermal shutdown.
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