Yes, these are called micro-processors.
If you have a dual-core CPU, it means you have two micro-processors running in your CPU rather than just one.
Yes, these are called micro-processors. If you have a dual-core CPU, it means you have two micro-processors running in your CPU rather than just one.
This is accomplished by several means, including two processing units installed on the same die (used by Pentium processors), a motherboard using two processor sockets (supported by Xeon processors), and two processors installed in the same processor housing (called dual-core processing).
Dual Core
dual-core processing
It has two ALU units. As do all Pentium Family processors.
A processor housing that contains more than one processor is referred to as a "multi-processor system" or "multiprocessing system." This configuration allows multiple CPUs to work together to improve performance and efficiency by sharing the computational load. Multi-processor systems are commonly used in servers and high-performance computing environments.
Processors run so fast these days that they generate enough heat that they could actually destroy themselves. So modern CPUs are surrounded by a heat sink to dissipate heat away from the CPU and it also has a fan attached to it. The heat sink and the fan are the housing.
Processor package
back-side bus
Back side bus or cache bus
atc bus
SRAM (Static RAM)