Multi-core processing is a means to break through the limitations of clock frequency scaling to deliver increased performance. Two or more cores in a processor allows for more performance and reduced ...

If I have a computer with a 2.66GHz quad-core processor, will it run my software and games faster than my 3.2GHz single-core Pentium 4? Yes, quad-core CPUs are generally much faster than single-core ...

Only one holiday weekend behind its rival Intel released its dual-core Pentium D chipset, AMD this week announced the Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor that, much like Intel’s offering, is aimed at ...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Intel Corporation today announced it has completed initial production runs of dual-core processors and provided further details about its multi-core plans to its ...

Buying multicore servers raises two new questions for enterprises: How do you avoid punitive software licensing, and which applications need multicore processors? Intel, Advanced Micro Devices and ...

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Last week, Apple announced its third-generation silicon for the Mac, suitably named M3. Unlike previous launches, it unveiled the entire M3 family all at once, pulling the cover off M3, M3 Pro, and M3 ...

RAF FAIRFORD, England—BAE Systems is to flight-test a Eurofighter Typhoon later this year equipped with multi-core computer processors as part of ongoing efforts to redesign the fighter’s complex ...

Companies will have to rewrite some of their legacy code if they want to take full advantage of the move to multi-core computing. Software code designed to run on single-core systems will have to be ...

What a difference a year makes. One year ago, we were dazed, dazzled and beguiled by the arrival of dual-core processors. Offerings from Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. had analysts, ...

Following Moore's Law has led the computing industry to ever-increasing clock speeds, until now. The performance increases that come with faster clocks are reaching a plateau as logic gets closer to ...