(Solved) : Hitting Power Wall 2004and Unable Continue Increase Clock Frequencies Processor Manufactur Q44036117 . . .
After hitting the “power wall” in 2004and unable to continue toincrease clock frequencies, processor manufacturers turned tomultiple coresfor more performance. Why were they reluctant to dothis earlier?
a)The multiple cores took up room that was needed for largercaches.
b)Serial programs will only run on one core.
c)It is expensive to wire separate processor cores together andhard to put the tiny wires on.
d)4 cores cost 4X as much as one.
e)None of the above answers are correct.
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