Moore’s Law by the co-founder of Intel stated that the number of transistors on a Chip doubles every two years, which has been roughly true of several decades.
And there have also been somewhat formulaic increases to [Frequency and Cores Count.](https://i.imgur.com/XbMffI8.jpg)
I wonder what the Holdup is preventing power spikes. Like why did they not quadruple the transistors or increase frequency further. When extra Cores were invented and Intel built the Duo, then Quattro Processors, why did they not extrapolate the technology and build the Twelve-Core-CPUs of today or even 48-Core-CPUs of the future right then and there?
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It’s largely a result of expectations driving reality. Semiconductor manufacturers set their development to proceed at this pace based on Moores Law. Companies that couldn’t keep up were left in the dust. At this point there’s only 3 companies left on the cutting edge. Any of these companies could theoretically put out a massively expense CPU with say 1,000 cores, but nobody would buy it because there’s no software thst really needs it. The hardware and software developed symbiotically at a certain pace set by Moores Law.
PS: Recently it has begun to look like Moores Law is no longer sustainable. In order to try to keep up prices have risen substantially when previously they had fallen consistently. We’ve reached the point where even the 3 companies at the cutting edge can no longer sustain thus pace.
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