Moore's law has defined processor development for decades. Intel co-founder Gordon Moore's edict, however, is sometimes inaccurately portrayed as saying that processors double in speed every few years ...

Most consumer PCs are designed for a single Intel or AMD processor, and dual CPU setups are primarily found in servers designed for heavy workloads. This is because these days, most standard CPUs have ...

The benefits of dual-core will be obvious to builders who love to multitask. With a dual-processor system installed, it means there&'s a second processor core to share the load. For instance, if one ...

This has probably been brought up before (maybe many times) but I couldn't find it under the search.<P>So basically, are there any instances when having dual CPUs is capable of being over twice as ...

Targeting enterprises that want to consolidate servers, the combination of ESX Server 2 and the Virtual SMP add-on lets IT get more bang for their server hardware buck, said Mike Mullany, senior ...

Apple Computer has updated its Power Mac G5 desktop line with three dual-processor models, including its first low-end desktop based on the dual model. Although it had been offering dual processors in ...

Dual-processor machines have been a constant part of the Mac landscape since Apple put a pair of 500MHz G4 chips into a Power Mac back in 2000. But that landscape shifted Wednesday when Apple ...

My mac pro's processor broke (confirmed by apple) and they want $1100 for it. It won't boot at all with both of them in. I am going to go pick it up without getting it fixed because i have other mac ...

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 ...

Intel Corp. plans to announce two new models of its Itanium 2 microchip designed for use in dual-processor systems at its Intel Developer Forum conference in Taiwan next Tuesday, sources close to ...

Much has been made of efforts by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Intel Corp. to bring dual-core processors to PCs and servers. Yesterday, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. revealed details of a dual-core ...