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Eventually, yes. But it's risky to put timelines on things.
CPUs are already not the limiting factor. With enough cores, mobile CPUs are fine for most situations. It's GPU speed that affects most people, and that's because of games.
There are 4 main bottlenecks in computers, and they generally take turns being the most relevant. CPU, GPU, RAM, and storage. Bus speed can also be a bottleneck, but that is generally factored in and we know how to make faster buses for the most part, using parallelization if nothing else.
Right now, for home computer use, GPU is the biggest factor. Good thing, too, because CPUs are plateauing, and will probably require a fundamental change in architecture or programming techniques to get past it.