Advanced Micro Devices plans to release a dual-core processor for desktops in the second half of 2005, stepping up its schedule to better compete with Intel. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company has ...

BOSTON – Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) shed a little more light on its previously disclosed plans for dual-core processors Monday, announcing that it has completed its design for dual-core server ...

Are they basically the same thing or are there practical differences?<BR><BR>With all of the "dual core" talk going around, this question occurred to me.

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 ...

Intel President Paul Otellini announced three second-generation dual-core processors on Thursday and said first-generation prototypes are faring well. In February, Intel said it was working on 15 dual ...

You could call 2005 the year of the dual-core processor. IBM has had dual-core server ships for years, but 2005 will be the year that dual-core reaches the consumer market. All the major processor ...

Dell last week started upgrading its servers with dual-core processors. The company upgraded the 1850, 2800 and 2850 PowerEdge servers, and the 1855 blade server.-The new dual-core processors combine ...

Current versions of Google’s Android operating system for smartphones make woeful use of their dual core processors, according to an Intel executive. Poor implementation of threading technology by the ...

Both AMD and Intel have posted Web pages in which they extol the virtues of their respective dual-core devices. That makes timely sense, since most industry watchers agree that 2006 is the year ...

Dual-core processors--those with two processing engines--hit the mainstream in 2005. For years, chipmakers improved chips by increasing clock speeds. But physics and engineering problems put a stop to ...

Renesas already developed the 90 nm SH7786 dual-core processor fabricated with a 90 nm process achieving the same processing performance with that of a 65 nm process product. However, the 65 nm ...

This might be better in the CPU forum, but I like to stick with what I know and it is game-related.<BR><BR>Basically, on my current system I had to disable Hyperthreading because I play a lot of older ...