NSA force CPU makers to limit CPU'S?

It just seems to me that multi-core processors are a waste, when that space could be better used by a single bigger processor core.

Anyone that's ever designed a circuit realizes that redundancy is redundant.  4 processors !/= 4x the power.  Fractional improvements are fractional of what normal should be.

as far as that goes, machine code is like clockwork, and programs simply count fractions.  The trick is to get the clockwork to perform usable or fun functions while it progresses.  You're boring.