Since 2005, computer CPU chip makers have increasingly adopted the use of multiple cores to increase performance. Each core runs a separate computing task, so the computer gets more work done. Before ...

Multi-core mania has definitely hit the embedded networking market, but as the dust begins to settle it has become clear that many important architectural details need to be examined closely before ...

EDN sister publication Electronic News, today ran an article, “Keyword for MPUs in 2005: Dual core” that both covers the rise of the consumer market for processors and the trend toward multicore ...

Analysts say there are several megatrends in the world of computer hardware, including server virtualization, the transition from 32- to 64-bit processors, and the introduction of dual-core chips.

Qualcomm is expanding its second generation of Windows chips with the X2 Plus lineup, which claims a 35% jump in single-core ...

Microsoft's research unit is betting on software that utilizes multiple core processors and can handle multiple natural inputs such as voice and touch. It's a good bet. Mary Jo Foley reports from ...

Enabling all cores of a processor can improve performance and multi-tasking capabilities, reduce the amount of energy consumed by the system, and improve the overall stability of the device, as the ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. is making the move to multicore chips in a big way, promising users a new breed of processor that appears to differ from anything discussed thus far by rivals such IBM Corp. and ...

Imagination Technologies announced a new multi-core processor called "PowerVX SGX543" that could land in the next-generation iPhone this summer. Imagination manufactures the PowerVR MBX chip found in ...

Researchers at Sungkyunkwan Univ. & Kyungnam Univ. design a multi-core migration methodology and apply it to a real-world AUTOSAR-based engine ECU from HYUNDAI. “As multiple functions have been added ...

Apple's fastest computers are the new iPad Pro, and M2 Ultra Mac Studio. Here's how, where, and when the iPad Pro can best Apple's speed-demon desktop. Whenever Apple or any other tech company rolls ...