NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., a worldwide leader in high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions for next-generation Internet networks, today announced the innovative XLP® II family of ...

Mercury Systems, Inc. on Jan. 20 unveiled its EnsembleSeries ™ CIOE-1390 module for helicopters and urban air mobility vehicles. The new COM Express ®-based processor modules, which the company ...

We’ve been spoiled. As computer buyers, we’ve assumed it to be a law of nature that processor speeds would double every year. The phenomenon is widely referred to as “Moore’s Law.” And even though ...

You could call 2005 the year of the dual-core processor. IBM has had dual-core server ships for years, but 2005 will be the year that dual-core reaches the consumer market. All the major processor ...

On Tuesday, the Redmond, Wash., software giant officially announced it would cede to wishes of both manufacturers and continue to license its server software on a per-processor basis rather than ...

Demand for ever-higher performance from embedded devices is driving the creation of microprocessors featuring multiple cores. But as core counts rise, shared bus architectures common in some multicore ...

The first smartphones with dual-core processors reached the market in 2010. Before that smartphones used single-core processors maxing out at around 1.4GHz. Since then the number of cores has grown ...

Selecting a processor for an embedded multimedia application is a complex endeavor. It involves a thorough analysis of the processor's core architecture and peripheral set, a solid understanding of ...

If I have a computer with a 2.66GHz quad-core processor, will it run my software and games faster than my 3.2GHz single-core Pentium 4? Yes, quad-core CPUs are generally much faster than single-core ...

The Santa Clara, Calif.-based powerhouse plans to move quickly to chips that contain two processors each--sometimes called dual-core processors--rolling them out for desktops, notebooks and servers at ...

Current versions of Google’s Android operating system for smartphones make woeful use of their dual core processors, according to an Intel executive. Poor implementation of threading technology by the ...

We’re all familiar with the competitive drive to buy or build the biggest and the best. It’s human nature and the reason we have clichés such as “keeping up with the Jones’.” In the computer processor ...