Because clocks speeds haven't increased much. However, the number of cores has changed, as well as a lot of other important factors that effect speed other than CPU frequency.
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why does intel have these code names? why cant they just call them all pentiums and give us the clock speed like they alwais did?
... by alwais i mean from the mid 90s up untill recently
Because clocks speeds haven't increased much. However, the number of cores has changed, as well as a lot of other important factors that effect speed other than CPU frequency.
Enjoy your educational lesson for today:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megahertz_myth
So basically, it's not how fast something's going, it's how far.
i stand corrected/ beg your forgiveness.