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I thought Moore's law had more to do with density than clock speed. I thought that increased density helped to increase clock speed but that was not really Moor
by singlow 11y ago
I thought Moore's law had more to do with density than clock speed. I thought that increased density helped to increase clock speed but that was not really Moore's Law. Recent increases in density have not helped clock speed as much due to other constraints on clock speed, but the density has still been increasing, hasn't it?
- astrodust 11y agoSmaller transistors can flip state more quickly with less energy, so usually a die-shrink allows higher frequencies. There's a limit to how much you can crank these things before power consumption becomes ridiculous and heat dissipation is impossible. You can make a 10GHz CPU if you're prepared to require a massive liquid helium cooling system and have a power consumption of 15KW.