Kings Langley, UK The first Linux port to a multi-threaded processor architecture has been carried out by the Metagence division of Imagination Technologies for its META RISC/DSP processor family.

Debuting as the industry's most scalable MIPS64 dual- and single-core processors, the OCTEON CN31XX and CN30XX family targets emerging IPv4 and IPv6 networks. The processors integrate hardware ...

Although computers with quad-core processors are typically faster than single-core models, the difference in speed depends on a number of factors. On a very busy system and under ideal conditions, a ...

Buying multicore servers raises two new questions for enterprises: How do you avoid punitive software licensing, and which applications need multicore processors? Intel, Advanced Micro Devices and ...

If I have a computer with a 2.66GHz quad-core processor, will it run my software and games faster than my 3.2GHz single-core Pentium 4? Yes, quad-core CPUs are generally much faster than single-core ...

Single-core performance refers to the best possible performance from one core in a CPU. Most games don't utilize many CPU ...