Question

. At the current rate of increase, what are the clock rates now projected to be in 2025? What has limited the rate of growth of the clock rate, and what are architects doing with the extra transistors now to increase performance?

Answer 1

The clock rate is now projected to be 10 GHz in 2025. The rate of growth of the clock rate has been limited by the fact that the speed of light is the ultimate limit on the speed of electrical signals. Architects are using the extra transistors to increase performance by adding more cores to the processor.