(01/07/2012 12:44 PM)Slushba132 Wrote:  I don't understand why they don't just make CPUs bigger with all the fast small spoon on it

If you look old CPUs they were the size of CDs
why not take modern CPU technology and see how much of it you can fit on a CD sized CPU

I don't think making it larger really makes it any faster.  Sure, you can stuff in more cache, but you get diminishing returns (plus costs skyrocket).  Otherwise, what could you really use the extra die space for?

(01/07/2012 06:35 PM)andrewcc Wrote:  not that i know anything about processors but from an electronics point of view wouldn't you be theoretically limited by how fast a transistor can switch...

Clock speed?