Doesn't matter the horsepower the speed limit is the same until we can make software better.
However, if you put this in a machine you use for playing games or checking Facebook then you might think that it’s a waste, and you’d be right. There is plenty of software out there which is still single-threaded, but it’s not dominating our utilization.
Such a shame that all that JS botnet is still single threaded, isn't it ?
For developers code compilations benefit from more cores. For hobby 3d artists their renderings benefit from more cores. For hobby video creators their editing & rendering benefits from more cores. For hobby IT usages the extra PCI-E lanes and ECC RAM gets you the capability of doing server-like virtualization without spending server money.
Threadripper is an HEDT platform, same as Skylake-X. This is not targeting mass market usage, so complaining about mass-market viability is rather irrelevant.
Extra valves can increase efficiency, which is probably why the valve count is increasing, can't say I've noticed though.
Extra wheels can improve aerodynamics also.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrrell_P34
I'll stop undermining your point now :)
Multi-core processors can invariably let us do more. I get it - valid point. But we're not doing more. We're just cruising along at the same speed I think.