CPUs aren’t getting faster clock speeds and they aren’t getting more cores. How are they improving in performance?

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CPUs aren’t getting faster clock speeds and they aren’t getting more cores. How are they improving in performance?

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Clock speeds *are* getting faster in recent years. Previously, clocks over 5Ghz usually began to encounter a heat boundary, but the new i9 12900kf boosts to 5.2ghz, and I’ve seen it run 5.5 pretty commonly. Speeds are beginning to climb again.