Buying multicore servers raises two new questions for enterprises: How do you avoid punitive software licensing, and which applications need multicore processors? Intel, Advanced Micro Devices and ...

Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 show their multiprocessing mettle in our dual-core and quad-core performance tests They say you can never be too young, or too rich. Or too handsome or too ...

Multi-core processors theoretically can run many threads of code in parallel, but some categories of operation currently bog down attempts to raise overall performance by parallelizing computing. Is ...

Intel today unveiled an experimental 48-core chip that will be distributed to about 100 researchers to help develop programming models and software. Intel Corp. is honing its sights on many-core chips ...

The big picture: Intel may have long discontinued its Pentium and Celeron processor lineups, but the company still caters to the entry-level market with the affordable "Intel Processor" series. Last ...

Intel is honing its sights on many-core chips that are far more powerful than today’s dual and quad-core processors. As expected, Intel took a big step in that direction today by unveiling a 48-core ...