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 ...

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, ...

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today demonstrated its first dual-core microprocessors at its Austin office. Dual-core processors, which are set to hit the market next year, offer improved performance ...

Should dual-core chips be considered as one CPU or two for software pricing? Vendors and users square off. Moore’s Law – which states that processing power will double every couple of years – will not ...

We've already covered the worst CPUs ever built, so it seemed time to flip around and talk about the best ones. The question, of course, is how do we define "best?" In order to qualify for this ...

The new Xeon 7100 series processors for four-socket and higher servers include 1 Mbyte of L2 cache and 4 Mbytes to 16 Mbytes of L3 cache to speed up processing. Intel already has moved its dual-core ...

Next year will be big for Intel in the data center—it hopes to catch up to AMD's Epyc chips by expanding its portfolio of CPUs and riding the wave of a node shrink for good measure. One of the most ...

Two P-cores are all you're getting, but they're speedy little things, so it's not as awful as you might think. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

5.6 GHz across the board... When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add us as a preferred source on Google That AMD is planning a ...

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.

Larger fast caches and faster snooping of those caches. <BR><BR>Then you get into the financial aspects. Moving from 2 CPU sockets for Duals to 1 reduces the cost of the motherboard. Gives Apple more ...

After earlier missteps in executing its server CPU strategy, Intel has been working aggressively to reestablish its credibility in the market. Competitive pressures from AMD, along with a surging Arm ...