– What is limiting computer processors to operate beyond the current range of clock frequencies (from 3 to up 5GHz)?
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In the simplest terms… When the paths the electrons follow are too close together, they have a tendency to “jump” to another path. Using techniques to prevent jumping can help, but at some point you just can’t control the jumping and start to lose efficiency. When you see things like 10nm process, or 5nm process, this is what is referring too.. the distance between the paths. More paths = more processing and higher clock speed, but that has to be balanced with the distance those electrons are moving, because we base our clocking on state changes in a given amount of time, and when it takes you longer to get to point B from point A, your calculation is slower.
I’m ready for quantum computing.
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