A reader recently contacted us and asked a question worth answering in an article. How does Windows (and perhaps all OS's) take advantage of multiple cores? Alternatively, if this function is built ...

It's been nearly eight years since Intel canceled Tejas and announced its plans for a new multi-core architecture. The press wasted little time in declaring conventional CPU scaling dead -- and while ...

Multi-core optimization has allowed modern processors to brute force their way through heavier workloads with parallelization ...

CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the most important part of a computer. All the calculations needed to run a particular task or application on a computer are processed by the CPU. That’s why it is ...

San Jose, Calif. — Renesas Technology America, Inc. has introduced five SuperH 32-bit microcontrollers that use multi-core technology to achieve the high levels of performance required by many ...

RapidMind Multi-core Development Platform 3.0 helps developers fully leverage the processing power of multi-core x86 chips RapidMind is announcing on Monday software intended to help developers ...

Enabling all cores of a processor can improve performance and multi-tasking capabilities, reduce the amount of energy consumed by the system, and improve the overall stability of the device, as the ...

Why do we complain about hardware bottlenecks when the software isn't written to take full advantage of all the cores and oomph hardware has? Why is it always the fault of the hardware and not the ...

Intel-powered ray tracing is now ready for real-world testing in the World of Tanks EnCore tech demo, available now. Injecting realistic shadows into the game has been the responsibility of Bronislav ...