Yes. The very same reason why they waited years before they eventually moved the memory controller on to the CPU die. It's expensive m2 real estate and eats a b

Yes. The very same reason why they waited years before they eventually moved the memory controller on to the CPU die. It's expensive m2 real estate and eats a big chunk of the waffer. Furthermore, there is diminishing returns regarding all kinds of cache. Most of the recent performance increases are attributed to the very dangerous practice called branche prediction.