AMD has officially released its long-anticipated dual-core processors to systems builders and key OEMs. The launch of AMD's Opteron 200 and 800 Series processors comes just days after Intel released ...

When Qualcomm launched its Snapdragon X series processors, it didn't just release a single chip but gave us an entire range of ARM-based CPUs designed to challenge the traditional x86 dominance in ...

Multi-core processors theoretically can run many threads of code in parallel, but some categories of operation currently bog down attempts to raise overall performance by parallelizing computing. Is ...

The big picture: Intel may have long discontinued its Pentium and Celeron processor lineups, but the company still caters to the entry-level market with the affordable "Intel Processor" series. Last ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Intel Corp.’s dual-core strategy for mobile processors became a little clearer this week at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, but questions remain about the company’s plans ...