Why are CPU and GPU manufacturers trying to make transistors smaller and smaller instead of making the chips bigger so they can put more transistors?

Question

Why are CPU and GPU manufacturers trying to make transistors smaller and smaller instead of making the chips bigger so they can put more transistors?

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Answer 1

In addition to other reasons, smaller transistors have less capacitance and are therefore faster. That means more bandwidth in a communications application and more processing power in computers.