There appears to be no performance penalty for using dual-core processors instead of two single-core processors with the same clock speed, Macworld Lab has concluded after preliminary testing of the ...

In context: For many DIY PC enthusiasts, dual-core desktop CPUs may appear as remnants of a bygone era, but both Intel and AMD persist in offering entry-level processors equipped with just a couple of ...

Dual core processors work best when software can run in parallel on them. So-called 'multithreaded applications' benefit from an additional CPU core because subroutines can be allocated to different ...

The first smartphones with dual-core processors reached the market in 2010. Before that smartphones used single-core processors maxing out at around 1.4GHz. Since then the number of cores has grown ...

If you're looking to create a low-cost, high-end workstation, it's time to get up to snuff on dual-core processing technology. The benefits of dual-core will be obvious to builders with clients that ...

Should a dual-core processor count as one chip or two? IBM Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) provided two very different answers to that question Thursday as the two companies unveiled ...

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 ...

The Lenovo ThinkPad X100e is a thin and light laptop with an 11.6 inch display. But unlike many of the laptops I’ve reviewed that meet that description, the ThinkPad X100e is aimed at business users.

CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the most important part of a computer. All the calculations needed to run a particular task or application on a computer are processed by the CPU. That’s why it is ...

The benefits of dual-core will be obvious to builders who love to multitask. With a dual-processor system installed, it means there&'s a second processor core to share the load. For instance, if one ...