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ktRolster | karma 4173 | avg karma 2.42 · 2016-03-28 17:40:44+00:00

I hope we at least get a 20ghz cpu (in consumer boxes) before we hit the limit of speed increases. (and adding more cores isn't the same)

mikeash | karma 74524 | avg karma 3.52 · 2016-03-28 18:05:01+00:00

20GHz at what IPC? Performance isn't just clock rate and core count, there's also been a big improvement over the years in how many instructions the CPU can execute per clock cycle. GHz has been more or less stagnant since the P4, but single-core speeds have still gone up significantly.