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 ...

Intel 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 Intel said ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BOSTON – Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) shed a little more light on its previously disclosed plans for dual-core processors Monday, announcing that it has completed its design for dual-core server ...

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 ...