computer scientists and chip designers have had to search for performance improvements in other areas -- typically by improving architectural efficiency and reducing power consumption. Multi-core ...

But also because the momentum towards massively multi-core computing now looks unstoppable. It was as recently as April 2005 that Intel wheeled out the world's first dual-core desktop processor ...

Intel CTO Justin Rattner highlighted the accelerating impact of multi- and many-core computing, expanding beyond HPC with developers solving a wide range of everyday computing problems on both ...

Each core runs a separate computing task, so the computer gets more work done. Before the rush to multi-core CPUs, computer designers sometimes put two, four or more single-core CPUs into a system.

Last year Microsoft hired Dan Reed, a supercomputing guru from the University of Illinois, to be director of scalable and multi-core computing. Reporting to Microsoft Research chief Rick Rashid ...

The processor scored 3,081 points in the single-core test, which is fairly competitive, and a measly 14,150 points in the multi-core benchmark, which is disappointing. In fact, while the single ...

RAF FAIRFORD, England—BAE Systems is to flight-test a Eurofighter Typhoon later this year equipped with multi-core computer processors as part of ongoing efforts to redesign the fighter’s ...

Choose the number of processors that should be enabled or disabled and restart the computer for the settings to take effect ... to be restarted after the modifications to disable a core in a ...