Is it just me or have the leaps and bounds, relatively speaking, in processor speeds slowed down recently in favor of higher core counts?
I'm specifically talking about the desktop PC. Have the manufacturers started to reach the limits in terms of frequency that an ATX motherboard can reliably operate?
Printed circuit board design in the communications and microwave areas for example operate at very high frequencies but the printed circuit boards can be designed that way. The ATX motherboard as to meet certain design criteria and space after all is limited but can the clocks go significantly higher based on the ATX format or is a change needed? A frequency of 5GHz can be realized with some processors with the right motherboard but how much higher can thing go?
Can anyone point me in the direction of any decent articles on this subject?
I'm specifically talking about the desktop PC. Have the manufacturers started to reach the limits in terms of frequency that an ATX motherboard can reliably operate?
Printed circuit board design in the communications and microwave areas for example operate at very high frequencies but the printed circuit boards can be designed that way. The ATX motherboard as to meet certain design criteria and space after all is limited but can the clocks go significantly higher based on the ATX format or is a change needed? A frequency of 5GHz can be realized with some processors with the right motherboard but how much higher can thing go?
Can anyone point me in the direction of any decent articles on this subject?