Why can’t we just put a 3 ghz intel CPU in a mobile device? What’s preventing us?

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Really this can apply to any CPU. Why can’t we just put one of those in a mobile device? It’s small enough. Is it heat and cooling issues? Or something else entirely? If we can put one of those in a mobile device it would be an absolute game changer

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Size is definitely an issue. Phones are packed to the brim with electronics, there’s not really space for a big cpu. Cooling and power are both issues, phone cpus are fairly power/heat efficient for their size. You can’t really slap a heatsink onto a phone like you can a computer. Plus, even if you could dissipate enough heat, the surface of the phone is the heatsink, and it would become uncomfortably or dangerously hot to hold.

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