Six-core processors have finally overtaken quad-core chips as the most popular type of CPU for PC gamers. Valve’s recently released Steam Hardware Survey for March has revealed that the period of ...

The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip giant on Tuesday rolled out the industry's first four-core processors, including three quad-core Xeon 5300 processors and the Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core Processor ...

Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are taking different paths to the quad-core market, but some believe it’s only a matter of time before their roads converge. Intel got a six-month jump on ...

Server makers requested faster delivery of a 2GHz server processor scheduled for February, and the chipmaker obliged. Photos: Quad-core Xeon 5335 Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

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 ...

I am but a newbie when it comes to hardware and would love to learn about multiprocessors from the greats! What I know of quad core (or any processor for that matter) is limited, but if anyone could ...