zarx on 23 December 2013
GabeN was right back in 2005 multi-threaded programing is still an issue all these years later. Splitting code up so that it executes across multiple threads is really really hard to do with many tasks. Some things just have to be done serially.
It's a pity that we still haven't replaced silicone yet. The GHz wall it imposes has pretty much forced the CPU industry to go for more cores to maintain any meaningful performance increases. And while that is good for many tasks it's just not suitable for everything. I can't wait for graphene or nanotube processors with 10x higher clocks.
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