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 ...

[Deni’s note: I asked Jim Bagley, senior analyst with Storage Strategies NOW to write this blog on parellelization of applications.] During one week in late July, a team at Purdue University built one ...

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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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 ...

MediaTek’s Genio 1200 SoC packs an 8-core CPU, 5-core GPU, and 2-core AI processor for building advanced AIoT devices. The Genio 1200 is part of a complete platform stack comprising premium, mid-tier, ...

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 ...

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, ...