What a difference a year makes. One year ago, we were dazed, dazzled and beguiled by the arrival of dual-core processors. Offerings from Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. had analysts, ...

Since the Barcelona core, AMD's first native quad-core processor, is targeted to the data center and enterprise server markets, the positioning of this processor is squarely pitched on the all-mighty ...

Commemorating 30 years of delivering products and technology to the embedded computing market, Intel Corporation today introduced the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series with extended life ...

Chipmaker Via has announced an x86 quad-core processor that draws a very small amount of power. The Via QuadCore processor, announced on Thursday, has a thermal design power (TDP) rating of 27.5W, ...

Intel plans to unveil a version of its Xeon processor on Wednesday that’s designed for high-end servers with multiple processors — setting the stage for a showdown with rival Advanced Micro Devices ...

Executives with the Santa Clara, Calif., company said the clock speed of the recently released quad-core, 65nm dual-socket Xeon 5300 series would be increased to 3GHz from the current 2.66 GHz. The ...

AMD announced today a quad-core chip for desktop PCs, replacing the Athlon processor with the new "Phenom" design, available on the second half of 2007 and also a dual-core chip based on a similar ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Integrated silicon solutions specialist Marvell announced ...

One of the big mobile buzzwords of 2011 was “dual-core.” Dual-core processors became the standard for high-end smartphones, starting with the LG Optimus 2X in January. In 2012, however, it will be all ...

AMD's new Zen 3 architecture is going to bring the pain against Intel at all levels, with the new Ryzen 5 5600 rumored to arrive in early 2021 for $220 -- but Intel has just launched a new Core ...

Code-named Conroe, the processor will be a dual-core part made using Intel's 65-nanometer technology. Intel expects desktops based on the chip to show up in the third quarter, Pat Gelsinger, senior ...

AMD in also introducing a few enhancements with the Barcelona core designed to improve virtualization performance. The new AMD-V instructions in Barcelona offer hardware acceleration of shadow paging, ...