Traditional Moore's Law Scaling Hits Limits Microprocessor Trends 108 Transistor (k) 107 Single thread performance (SpecINTx 1000) 106 Frequency (MHz) Typical power (Watts) 105 Number of cores 104 103 102 101 100 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020  Single-threaded processor performance has plateaued despite increases in cores and transistors  Application accelerator performance continues to scale with cores and transistors Source: https://www.karlrupp.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/42-years-processor-trend.png Source: https://www.karlrupp.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/42-years-processor-trend.png MHz: Megahertz Source: Yole Développement Source: https://www.techspot.com/article/2143-ryzen-5000-ipc-performance/ SpecINT: computer benchmark specification for CPU integer processing power