Although computers with quad-core processors are typically faster than single-core models, the difference in speed depends on a number of factors. On a very busy system and under ideal conditions, a ...

Quad core processors, as the name suggests, allow four instructions to be processed simultaneously. These types of chips have been in the PC market for a while, but are rapidly becoming a part of ...

In a recent hardware deep-dive, we took a look at how CPU cores and cache impacted gaming performance. To do that, we used three Intel Core processors and compared their core scaling performance, ...

The Ampe A10 is one of the first Android tablets to feature a Freescale i.MX6 quad-core processor, so when the folks at PandaWill asked me if I’d like to review the tablet I jumped at the opportunity.

After Steve Jobs announced Apple’s plan to drop the PowerPC processor and put Intel inside future Macs, some performance-hungry pros feared they’d see no major advances in Mac processing speed until ...