An article at Science Blog mentions that there is a prototype of a new kind of higher-performance processor that increases speed with new technology rather than simply adding more and more cores, which could possibly put an end to the futile multi-core race, and shift focus back to the gigahertz’s race.
Like I’ve said before, more and more cores will help mainly for multi-tasking. It may increase speed for single applications, but it requires the application to be written in a way that assumes your computer has multiple cores. However, most programs do not to this, hence making the advantage of multiple cores almost limited to multi-tasking. Your physical limitations only enable you to do a certain amount of tasks at the same time. But if you increase the power of each individual core, to my understanding, you can do calculations faster even when just running single applications, which can be good for the gaming and entertainment industry.
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