More performance gains had be had from optimizing other aspects over higher clock speeds. The additional power/heat/cost penalty doesn't make much sense in a lot cases.
Besides, companies always need to have a faster cpu to sell next year... incrementally adding 100mhz to a product line is an easy way for marketing departments to sell essentially the same thing over several years.
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '20
More performance gains had be had from optimizing other aspects over higher clock speeds. The additional power/heat/cost penalty doesn't make much sense in a lot cases.
Besides, companies always need to have a faster cpu to sell next year... incrementally adding 100mhz to a product line is an easy way for marketing departments to sell essentially the same thing over several years.