Why do node shrinks / computer technology progress at the rate it does?
I remember looking back at intel's future pipeline in 2012 and they had detailed the node shrinks for almost a decade.
What I'm asking is - why did we have to go from eg. a 2500k to a 12700k year by year for over a decade, rather than going from 2500k to a 12700k in a year? I know economics is a part of it, but is there some hard cap to how fast our technologies can progress? Assuming infinite funding and no economy or logistical issues, what's stopping our processors from going from 7nm to 1nm in one generation rather than multiple`
I remember looking back at intel's future pipeline in 2012 and they had detailed the node shrinks for almost a decade.
What I'm asking is - why did we have to go from eg. a 2500k to a 12700k year by year for over a decade, rather than going from 2500k to a 12700k in a year? I know economics is a part of it, but is there some hard cap to how fast our technologies can progress? Assuming infinite funding and no economy or logistical issues, what's stopping our processors from going from 7nm to 1nm in one generation rather than multiple`
