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 ...

Intel’s Core 2 Quad Q9300 has some rather large shoes to fill. This newly shipping, relatively low-cost (~$270) quad-core processor from Intel is a replacement for their long-standing price to ...

From here on in, the Spurs Engine we saw at CES will be known as the Toshiba Quad Core HD Processor, and it'll star in a range of new Qosmios From here on in, the Spurs Engine will be known as the ...

Last week, AMD showed off a working quad-core processor at an event in San Francisco. The company had promised a quad-core demo by the end of the year, and they did manage to deliver, even if all the ...

While a 95W TDP rating doesn’t seem extremely power-friendly, this TDP rating is actually quite good in comparison to other quad-core solutions on the market. AMD’s new Phenom 9850 chips run in the ...

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 ...

Intel's Core 2 Duo volley scored a solid hit on AMD, which had dominated the desktop performance segment for a number of years with the Athlon 64. The Core 2 Duo's gaming performance moved Intel out ...

Chipmaker Via has announced an x86 quad-core processor that draws a very small amount of power. The Via QuadCore processor, announced on Thursday, has a thermal design power (TDP) rating of 27.5W, ...

Apple's refreshed MacBook Air is considerably more powerful than its predecessor, initial benchmarks reveal, with the Core i5 version of the latest models offering a significant performance boost over ...

Only the most demanding PC users will be able to keep Intel's new quad-core processor satisfied, according to several reviews released Thursday. Intel's first attempt at putting four processing cores ...

One of the big mobile buzzwords of 2011 was “dual-core.” Dual-core processors became the standard for high-end smartphones, starting with the LG Optimus 2X in January. In 2012, however, it will be all ...

Razer's Blade Stealth laptop now packs a quad-core processor It's also launching an upgraded Core enclosure for portable gaming.