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Computer processor cores come as single core (one processor), Dual core (two processors), Quad core (four processors) and Six Core. Although apple now offers a computer which can have 8 or 12 cores
Dual-core processors use two cores for processing,they are capable of running more intensive programs,same are the quad-core processors(They use 4 cores for processing).In short,"THE HIGHER THE NUMBER OF CORES,THE BETTER IS THE PROCESSOR"
"Dual core" implies that there are two separate instruction execution units placed on a single "die." Some use shared components, such as cache, while others have two full processors, including all sub-components. All dual core processors could be considered multi-core (which simply means multiple "cores" or "processors"). However, a tri-core or quad-core is also a multi-core. Therefore, all dual cores are multi-cores, but not all multi-cores are dual cores.
Triple Edit: "Triple?" What does this mean? Triple core? There are Rana processors that are shipped as dual-core but have 3 cores on the die. This means that your answer is wrong. The most common examples are triple-core processors, but not all of them. As for actual examples, Phenom X2-X3 and Athlon X3 processors are famous for having locked cores.
Yes. The "D" after Pentium stands for "duo" as in dual core (2 cores)
processors are defined as having cores. a core is the part which reads and executes instructions. the operating systems addresses each core as 2 virtual processors. < wikipedia it is also refered as logical cores. the work is divided among the logical cores. because each core process only one instruction at a time, dividing the core into 2 virtual cores makes the work faster.
Depends which model, and whether you are talking about physcial cores or virtual cores, for example a processor can have two physical cores and two virtual cores and still be branded a "quad core" Apart from the bottom of the range i5 650, the rest are sold as "quad cores" although they don't have four physical cores.
Intel makes several 4 core processors.
The quad core is better. As its 4 cores, the workload is spread efficiently between them so it runs smoother. But the quad core is more expensive.The Intel Core 2 Duo processor was designed to meet the demand for increased performance from PC users. It can run multiple, intense software applications simultaneously.
A quad core is one component (computer chip) consisting of multiple cores (computer processors). Processors were originally developed only using one core. If you wanted to do multiprocessing you needed to have two processors in your computer which meant having a special motherboard that could support multiple processors. The new processors (referred to as Multi-Core processors) are simply a single chip with two or more processors.
Dual-core processors were released to the general public in 2005 by both AMD and Intel. Quad-core processors were released two years later in 2007. Hexi-core (6) came out in 2010. There are currently 8 and 16 core processors available for servers, although home PC Octa-cores are not available.
The difference is in the processors. Intel's processors are named Core 2 and Core i5. The i5 is a bit faster because it is a quad core, while the core 2 uses only 2 cores.