> It seems there is a persistent rift between what hardware designers think users want and what users are asking for

> Nobody I personally know wants a faster CPU; they want competent, faster, native feeling software and more power efficient hardware.

I think you miss the point: what you claim that users want is not something that hardware designers have a lot of influence on (except for the aspect that the IC should be (more) power-efficient): these are rather problems that software developers are there to solve. So, hardware designers are simply the wrong persons to ask if you have such wishes.