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Re:Intel knows it's no longer inside by the8472 on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @07:32PM (#11819177)
> We're stuck in single core performance hell because physics.

Wouldn't other semiconductor materials allow higher clock speeds and it's just that the switch would be difficult to do incrementally?

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Re:Intel knows it's no longer inside by nl on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @08:28PM (#11819480)
Wouldn't other semiconductor materials allow higher clock speeds and it's just that the switch would be difficult to do incrementally?

Short answer is "no", but other materials may allow smaller manufacturing technologies. "Incrementally" isn't really a factor - every die-shrink is basically a new manufacturing process.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/02/intel-forges-ahead-to...

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/ibm-unveils-industrys...

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