The use of two or more specialized off-the-shelf processors has provided designers with tremendous computing capabilities and speed. With this growing multiple processor trend, however, comes the need ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Multiprocessor system design gets more complex as new technologies like InfiniBand and HyperTransport come online. System designers have a number of choices when it comes to multiprocessor system ...

With an eye on high-volume, high-end consumer products, the AT572D740 Diopsis enters the market as a dual processor system-on-chip, integrating an ARM7 processor, peripherals, and a mAgic complex ...

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 ...

Both AMD and Intel have posted Web pages in which they extol the virtues of their respective dual-core devices. That makes timely sense, since most industry watchers agree that 2006 is the year ...

I have built a number of systems using single cpu's with AMD and Intel. I have started to consider trying to build a Gaming system with Dual cpus but im out of my league in this area. Are they good ...

I’ve done my share of trying to dispel the “myth of megahertz” (the often ignored truth that MHz is just one component of a computer’s true speed), but I have to admit: I like the ring of the phrase ...