Just wanted to get the hive's perspective on this - I have a customer who has a couple of systems used exclusively for CAD work. They are dual Xeons, 2.4 GHz, purchased about 2 years ago, with a Gig ...

What a difference a year makes. One year ago, we were dazed, dazzled and beguiled by the arrival of dual-core processors. Offerings from Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. had analysts, ...

If I have a computer with a 2.66GHz quad-core processor, will it run my software and games faster than my 3.2GHz single-core Pentium 4? Yes, quad-core CPUs are generally much faster than single-core ...

Socionext introduces the latest addition to its lineup of Milbeaut Image Processors, the “M-12MO” (MBG967) processor. The MBG967 is equipped with two sets of 1.5Gbps MIPI-Rx 4-lane, and can process ...

Nashua N.H. — NextCom LLC’s new extreme computing architecture called “Flextreme,” leverages open standards, small form factors, and mobility with AMD Opteron 32- and 64-bit computing. What sets ...

If you've been sitting on a fence about whether to go dual-core, dither no more. The prices of dual-core processors have come way down in the past year, and performance has jumped. Here's a guide to ...

You could call 2005 the year of the dual-core processor. IBM has had dual-core server ships for years, but 2005 will be the year that dual-core reaches the consumer market. All the major processor ...

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 ...

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 ...