Why are the GHz speeds in computers the same after such a long period of time?

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Why are the GHz speeds in computers the same after such a long period of time?

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They went from one core that was say 3.74 GHz in 2006 – that used 115W of power and 135 mm2 in size and $999 to 6 cores that are each 4.0 GHz that use 140W of power and 82 mm2 in size for $617 in 2015

Thats a big jump in performance, dropping in size and only using 23W per core vs 115W

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