– What is limiting computer processors to operate beyond the current range of clock frequencies (from 3 to up 5GHz)?

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– What is limiting computer processors to operate beyond the current range of clock frequencies (from 3 to up 5GHz)?

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Answer 1

ELI5 — They could make a CPU that works at 5 GHz but it would be able to do less per cycle compared the CPUs they do make, and that would not be a valuable trade-off.