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Is a 10 GHz processor possible?
The short answer is that 10 GHz chips are already possible, but the engineering challenges at high frequencies make other approaches (such as concurrency/parallelism) more advantageous.
Is 6Ghz possible?
Not gonna happen. Such high clock speeds would pose a huge thermal problem since the chip would have a high TDP due to its increased power usage. Cooling such a chip would require a massive heatsink or even LN2.
What is the highest GHz?
8.42938 GHz
Set in 2011, the Guinness World Record for the highest CPU clock rate is 8.42938 GHz with an overclocked AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer-based chip in an LHe/LN2 cryobath, 5 GHz on air.
Is 6GHz better than 5GHz?
Strangely enough, on paper, 6GHz Wi-Fi isn’t faster than 5GHz Wi-Fi. It comes with the same maximum data transmission rate as the lower band. Technically, the maximum top speed of both 5GHz Wi-Fi and 6GHz Wi-Fi is 9.6Gbps. Remember, that’s a theoretical maximum.
Why have chip manufacturers given up on making faster processors?
Because of the heat problem, chip manufacturers have, at least temporarily, given up on making processors faster. There is a more fundamental limit to the density of transistors on a chip than just heat issues.
Will there ever be a 10GHz processor?
10 Ghz processors already exist. It is just that they are inefficient heat spewing furnaces, so they are not used in everyday applications. Watch the AMD team run a unlocked processor at 8.49 GHz (after cooling it with liquid nitrogen, no less.With better cooling tech and changes at the drawing board, it can be made to run at even 10+ GHz):
Do you think there is a CPU speed limit at 10GHz?
No. Apart from other issues, because there is a Fundamental Physics limit at around 10 GHz. Some very interesting answers here. Still I can share my opinion. Some already mentioned here. No, because of the enormous amount of power density building up in the CPU.
Is it possible for a processor to be too high GHz?
It very well could be possible. The current world record for ghz processor is 8722.78 mhz or 8.7ghz (this is from a chip that is many years old) in order to achieve these numbers they used liquid nitrogen to cool down the parts. The problem is that the more electricity you get the more heat comes out.
Is there a maximum speed at which a computer can run?
No. Apart from other issues, because there is a Fundamental Physics limit at around 10 GHz. Some very interesting answers here. When you run your Windows/Mac computer, there are a lot of small software that run together.