[jobseeker990]

So how is this possible now and not 5 years ago? Are there new discoveries that let us bring up the clock speed again?

(Will they go even higher in the future?)

[hedora]

They’re basically factory overclocked.

Intel has been backed into a corner by AMD, so they’re pushing clockspeed over balancing against TDP and bus.

Also, the multi-year delays in the next process shrink gave them lots of time to improve yields and micro-optimize the fabrication generation these are running on.