certain applications (like video encoding), the Core i7 720QM uses all four of its cores (multiplied by two thanks to Hyper-Threading), while for other tasks, including the majority of games, it will use only two cores, but at a higher frequency. It's a clever...

offerings coming from Intel some time in the next quarter or two. It takes a special mix of processing activities to justify more than two cores in a PC’s processor, but media multi-tasking, along with video editing or authoring, 3-D modeling and other thread-intensive...

compared to the quad-core Core 2 Extreme QX9650 while providing the same rated clock speed and enhanced Penryn architecture. Few games are capable of fully utilizing even two cores, let alone four, making the dual-core a more efficient gaming choice from both...

battery life. We find that while the first part of this proposition appears to be true, we can't endorse the second part without some reservations.. Two cores automatically entail more memory access. To prevent the Front Side Bus (FSB) in these new CPUs...

and perpetually active cooling fan. Potential buyers should weigh this unit's documented weaknesses in system recovery against its superfast support downloads and tech support hotline (free for 12 months after system purchase). The two cores of the AMD FX-60...

documented weaknesses in system recovery against its superfast support downloads and tech support hotline (free for 12 months after system purchase). The two cores of the AMD FX-60 CPU run only at reduced clock rates on battery power, so as not to harm or very...

Intel’s Nehalem microarchitecture, we saw the move from a one-design-fits-all approach, in which chips could be differentiated simply by disabling features, to real modularity. If you don’t need an extra two cores in the chip, you simply remove them from...

time operating systems) for various sensors, there is an impressive computer stack in the back. There are ten blades in a compact PCI chassis, each blade housing two Core 2 Duo CPUs running Ubuntu 6.06. This stack runs the non-deterministic algorithms. I asked...

that will take advantage of more than two CPU cores. However, Mainconcept H.264 is clearly an application that will utilize four cores, and the Phenom processor in the Gamer Mage takes the win....