At 3nm it means advanced manufacturing, focusing on more processing power rather than simply adding more cores.
At 3nm it means advanced manufacturing, focusing on more processing power rather than simply adding more cores.
I would argue that shrinking transistors for a while was a way for many a manufacturer to employ designs that just meets requirements and not pursue anything better, because they can just clock the part faster or something. If anything, there's still a lot of work on the software end as well because many a developer also relied on Moore's Law to make up for their deficiencies. So I think there's still room for improvement with what we have, but few are actually putting the work to realizing those improvements. On the flipside though, I've seen companies looking into other materials for ICs. Like using gallium arsenide to make chips as it exhibits superior electrical properties over silicon.