On a dual-core processor, you can entirely disable the second core through the System Configuration menu or partially disable it using processor affinity options. System Configuration lets you set how ...

What would the results of a dual-core desktop CPU fight look like? Many people equate Windows PCs with Intel Pentium processors (and soon will likely be doing the same with Macs), but we've seen ...

IBM released the first dual-core processor, the POWER4, in 2001 for the high-end server market. However, it was not until AMD and Intel x86 released desktop versions of dual-core CPUs in 2005 that the ...

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 ...

The Core i3-powered version of the Acer Aspire 5 offers middling speed, and we wish it had more storage, but this still manages to find the sweet spot between size, power, and price. It won’t win any ...

The first smartphones with dual-core processors reached the market in 2010. Before that smartphones used single-core processors maxing out at around 1.4GHz. Since then the number of cores has grown ...

We all know that dual-core computing has been a smashing success, because Intel and friends delight in telling us so. Indeed, lots and lots of dual core processors have been sold. However, I doubt ...

Intel’s Core i7 processors have now been available for close to a month-and-a-half, but for those looking to spend as little as possible for a new rig, i7 shouldn’t be the first choice for reasons we ...

Extra processing power also lets users multitask more effectively. For example, one core could be used for surfing the Web, while the second core is handling an anti-virus scan. (Processor affinity ...

It's been a long, long time since we dedicated a full review to a Celeron processor, but we've been keen to explore the most entry-level Alder Lake CPUs after testing the impressive Core i3-12100F. So ...