A CPU chip that contains two distinct processing units that work in parallel. IBM introduced dual core Power 4 CPUs in 2000, followed by Sun and HP in 2004 and x86-based Pentiums in 2005. A year later ...

While controversy continues to swirl around Assassin’s Creed: Unity’s terrible PC performance, further tales of woe are starting to surface around Ubisoft’s other blockbuster holiday release, Far Cry ...

We have had multi-core processors in our PCs for over a decade, and today they are considered the norm. At first it was dual-core, then quad-core, and today companies like Intel and AMD offer high end ...

Leading off this week's Computex trade show in Taiwan, Intel today introduced its new dual-core 4th-generation Core processors for desktop and laptop PCs. These 4th-generation Core processors ...

Let's celebrate the HTC Holiday, a powerful new Android phone with a 4.5-inch screen and dual-core processor. But what does the mysterious 'California' sticker mean? Richard Trenholm Former Movie and ...

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, ...

Intel has spent millions making their "Core" brand synonymous with high performance processing. In these days of the Core Duo, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, and Core 2 Extreme, it’s pretty easy to find a ...

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 ...

Just wanted to get the hive's perspective on this - I have a customer who has a couple of systems used exclusively for CAD work. They are dual Xeons, 2.4 GHz, purchased about 2 years ago, with a Gig ...

Page 11: Half Life 2 and Quake 4 - Low Res Gaming Page 12: Half Life 2 And Quake 4 - High Res Gaming Page 13: Benchmark Analysis & Conclusion Intel's launch of their next generation Pentium Extreme ...

This has been a big year for Intel low-power mobile chips. For generations we've put up with sub-10% year-on-year performance improvements, having Intel focusing on better efficiency and longer ...