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 ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 18, 2005 – Intel Corporation announced that computer manufacturers Alienware*, Dell* and Velocity Micro* today started selling desktop PCs and workstations based on Intel’s ...

Intel on Monday released a dual-core Atom N550 processor, which the company says will bring improved application and graphics performance to netbooks while retaining long battery life. The Atom N550 ...

With its first-generation prototypes performing well, the company forges ahead on dual-core designs for late 2006 and beyond. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

To give you the information you need to make an informed decision, we've corralled all the processor specs into a comprehensive buyer's guide. As in last year's guide, we've covered both the Intel and ...

On the eve of the 40th anniversary of Moore’s Law, Intel Corp. today said that OEMs Alienware, Dell and Velocity Micro are now selling desktop PCs and workstations using its first dual-core ...

Dual core processors work best when software can run in parallel on them. So-called 'multithreaded applications' benefit from an additional CPU core because subroutines can be allocated to different ...

As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. TweakTown may also earn commissions from other affiliate partners at no extra cost to you. Packing in 18 cores and 36 threads into a CPU with ...

Can you remember when you received your first computer or device containing a CPU with more than one main processing core on the die? We’re guessing for many of you it was probably some time around ...

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, ...