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Re:Intel Kaby Lake Potentially an Overclocker's Dream, Seen ... by userbinator on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @07:55AM (#13270164)
In terms of frequency records, there has been higher:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-fx-8150-overclock-9ghz-...

But what's interesting to note is that the number of pipeline stages hasn't increased all that much over the years, so I wonder if the upper limit on clock speed (disregarding power dissipation) has increased mainly due to smaller process sizes.

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Re:Intel Kaby Lake Potentially an Overclocker's Dream, Seen ... by suprjami on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @03:30PM (#13273369)
My understanding is that a long pipeline is only a benefit if the CPU gets fast enough to consume from that pipeline. CPUs around 2005-2010 had long pipelines in anticipation of higher CPU speeds which never happened. More recently, Intel have gone back to simpler pipeline design and focused on other areas.
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