I think that might have been Intels doing. They were on 14nm for 5 years or so, with each new 14nm release pushing the power budget and squeezing slightly more

I think that might have been Intels doing. They were on 14nm for 5 years or so, with each new 14nm release pushing the power budget and squeezing slightly more performance out of any corner they could find. I assume the CPU ramping was just another part of this approach. If the CPU ramps up faster it will seem fast to users and it’ll look faster in short benchmarks like Geekbench.