The "core" in a processor is the microprocessor inside of the CPU(Central Processing Unit).
For example, if you have a Dual Core CPU then you have 2 microprocessors inside of the CPU, this allows you to do two things at once, as a microprocessor can only do one thing at a time the only exception to this is Multi-Threading which allows one core to do the work of multiple cores, but its not as fast as having multiple cores.
The Ubuntu/Kubuntu kernel is configured to support 8 processors / cores in 32-bit and 64 processors / cores in 64-bit.
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
Amd recently released a processor with 12 cores
Yes. The "D" after Pentium stands for "duo" as in dual core (2 cores)
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.
Every modern car has micro-processors to control the engine and others for systems.
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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.
"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.
Dual cores, though no longer cutting edge, are certainly not out of date in this day and age. Many new computers still use dual cores for their processors.