1. In an electrical system comprising a memory subsystem, a CPU and other components, a method for managing memory access, the method comprising: monitoring one or more of: CPU throttling, CPU sleep state operation and/or CPU performance level; and arbitrating access to the memory subsystem by the CPU and at least one of the other components based, at least in part, on the monitored one or more of: CPU throttling, CPU sleep state operation and/or CPU performance level.