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 ...

Intel's mid-generation swing.

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, ...

Multicore processing boosts performance and energy efficiency in many coding situations. Bare-metal algorithms further enhance these benefits. Many embedded firmware engineers have seemingly not yet ...

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 ...

LG Electronics on Tuesday announced a new series of smartphones with next-generation dual-core processors, which should provide a big leap in performance while maintaining device battery life. LG’s ...

Intel is going to do its damnedest to compete with AMD in the dual-core server arena, and as such is releasing the new E7230 chipset. The new chipset allows dual-core Pentium D processors to be ...