FG
💻 Software

What is the reason for CPUs being so small?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 20261994 views
Confidence Score0%
0%

Problem

The more transistors a CPU has the faster it is right? We seem to keep trying to make the transistors smaller and smaller yet the size of the CPU remains the same, a few cm squared. Why isn't the size of the chips ever doubled allowing twice as many tiny transistors on to the chip. Surely this woul…

Unverified for your environment

Select your OS to check compatibility.

1 Fix

Canonical Fix
Unverified Fix
New Fix – Awaiting Verification

Fix for: What is the reason for CPUs being so small?

Low Risk

Well, the larger a single die is, the lower the yield of usable processors - ANY flaw would result in a useless or crippled chip. Multi die processors are possible, but not cost effective - the pentium pro was THREE dies in a package, and had horrid…

Awaiting Verification

Be the first to verify this fix

Sign in to verify this fix

Environment