If you've been sitting on a fence about whether to go dual-core, dither no more. The prices of dual-core processors have come way down in the past year, and performance has jumped. Here's a guide to ...

Much has been made of efforts by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Intel Corp. to bring dual-core processors to PCs and servers. Yesterday, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. revealed details of a dual-core ...

Sounds like a thread from 2002 ... I'm trying to confirm whether a CPU in an HP DL380G4 running Solaris X86 is dual core or HyperThreading, this makes a difference of about $16,000 in Oracle licenses.

Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...

Most consumer PCs are designed for a single Intel or AMD processor, and dual CPU setups are primarily found in servers designed for heavy workloads. This is because these days, most standard CPUs have ...

Selecting a processor for an embedded multimedia application is a complex endeavor. It involves a thorough analysis of the processor's core architecture and peripheral set, a solid understanding of ...

The advent of the first dual-core processors from Intel has sent independent software vendors scrambling to re-evaluate the licensing plans for their software. Both Oracle and VMware, an EMC company, ...

Intel’s first dual-core processor will be available Monday from PC vendors such as Dell, Alienware and a few others, an Intel spokeswoman said Friday. The Pentium Extreme Edition 840 will become the ...

This came up in a conversation with a co-worker. Basically, we couldn't figure out, why aren't dual-CPU motherboards more common? My co-worker pointed out that you can buy an i9-9900k for $500, give ...

NXPs new microcontroller MCX L series comes in two versions and aims at cutting energy consumption while boosting cyber security functionality and enabling always-on sensing. Early adoption is ...

While much has been made of efforts by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Intel Corp. to bring dual-core processors to PCs and servers, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. announced Tuesday at a conference in ...