Both chip vendors have spewed forth a blizzard of announcements, though no actual quad-core microprocessors have yet shipped. Intel disclosed at its late-September developer forum that it's giving its ...

Intel will cap off a turnaround year on Tuesday with the expected introduction of its first quad-core processors, beating rival Advanced Micro Devices to the punch by several months. Originally ...

They are expected to boost the performance of servers and workstations. Intel has launched the company’s first quad-core processors, which are expected to boost the performance of servers and ...

Amazon has today unveiled its new third-generation tablet called the Kindle Fire HDX. Like its predecessors, the device is available in 7-inch and 8.9-inch variants, and both feature speedy quad-core ...

Intel Monday officially launched Penryn-based dual-core processors for notebooks, but also indicated that users expecting quad-core mobile processors may have to wait until issues surrounding power ...

Intel's first quad-core x86-based processors will hit the market in November with the introduction of the QX 6700, or the Core 2 Extreme quad-core processor, and will be used in high-end gaming ...

Six-core processors have finally overtaken quad-core chips as the most popular type of CPU for PC gamers. Valve’s recently released Steam Hardware Survey for March has revealed that the period of ...

Intel on Monday launched two quad-core Xeon processors with improved virtualization capabilities. The X5365 and L5335 are designed for companies running high-performance server and workstation ...

The advent of the smartphone brought with it a dramatic shift in how people work, communicate, and play. Of course, the primary use of the ‘cellphone’ is still to make and receive phone calls, but our ...

Freescale Semiconductor introduces two 64-bit, multicore QorIQ™ P5 family control plane processors delivering 2.4 GHz of single threaded performance per core. The new quad-core QorIQ P5040 and ...

In 2012, a majority of smartphones are expected to double-up from dual- to quad-core processors. It’s an exciting development in the field of multicore processors, and something that’s sure to enhance ...

I am but a newbie when it comes to hardware and would love to learn about multiprocessors from the greats! What I know of quad core (or any processor for that matter) is limited, but if anyone could ...