Why are the GHz speeds in computers the same after such a long period of time?
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Processors can’t multitask. What they can do, however, is rapidly switch between different tasks. Pushing clock speed (Ghz) higher has diminishing returns for the amount of effort and cost involved, in getting better performance from the computer. Instead, its better to have multiple cores, each one capable of doing its own task so collectively, the CPU as a whole is multitasking. This means you can play a video game, for instance, having one core dedicated to that, and another to a background task so they aren’t competing to use the same core.
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