So how is this possible now and not 5 years ago? Are there new discoveries that let us bring up the clock speed again?
(Will they go even higher in the future?)
(Will they go even higher in the future?)
Intel has been backed into a corner by AMD, so they’re pushing clockspeed over balancing against TDP and bus.
Also, the multi-year delays in the next process shrink gave them lots of time to improve yields and micro-optimize the fabrication generation these are running on.