Intel said Monday (Feb. 7) it has completed initial production runs of its forthcoming dual-core processors, and is on track to begin shipping them to market next quarter. If that time table holds, ...

AMD has released four brand new 65 nanometer dual core microprocessors for the mainstream desktop market. The new parts are: Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6 GHz $301* Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 2.5 GHz $271* Athlon 64 ...

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today demonstrated its first dual-core microprocessors at its Austin office. Dual-core processors, which are set to hit the market next year, offer improved performance ...

SINGAPORE--Intel's new branding strategies are but an indication of the chipmaker's ambitions in the dual-core space, according to a company executive. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker is ...

After months of talking up the benefits of single chips with two computing engines instead of one, Intel Corp. said computer makers will start shipping PCs with its "dual-core" microprocessors on ...

Matthew Wilkins is a principal analyst with the market research firm iSuppli Corp. (El Segundo, Calif.) For the PC industry, 2006 was the year when corporations began to worry about Microsoft Corp.'s ...

Both chip vendors have spewed forth a blizzard of announcements, though no actual quad-core microprocessors have yet shipped. Intel disclosed at its late-September developer forum that it's giving its ...

Getting a performance boost for emerging multimedia systems, the second generation SH7786 (R8A77860NBGV) dual-core, 32-bit processor delivers up to 1,920 MIPS when operating at 533 MHz. It integrates ...

Intel Corp. has decided to scrap plans for a pair of upcoming microprocessors and instead shift resources toward its new dual-core design that's equivalent to having two chips in one, a spokeswoman ...

While dual-core microprocessors have been all the rage this year, in 2007 quad-core microprocessors from Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) will hit the market. Although quad core ...